IUP Music Department Newshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?blogid=4329
News from Department of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.2017-09-26T21:53:28.2283095Zen-US

Litton Piano Trio to Perform in Gorell on Monday, October 2https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=245135&blogid=4329
The Litton Trio, an IUP faculty ensemble, will
perform its first concert of the season on Monday, October 2, at 8:00
p.m. in Gorell Hall. The Litton Trio includes Leonardo Perez, violin, Sun Min Kim, piano, and Linda Jennings, cello. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-09-25T14:55:04ZThe Litton Trio, an IUP faculty ensemble, will perform its first concert of the season on Monday, October 2, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Hall.

The Litton Trio includes Leonardo Perez, violin, Sun Min Kim, piano, and Linda Jennings, cello. The program will feature works by Haydn, Piazzolla, and American composer Paul Schoenfield.

The program is free and open to the public. Students may receive concert credit.

]]>IUP String Project Accepting Applications for Fall 2017 Semesterhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=244085&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2017-08-28T20:42:48ZThe IUP String Project, a community music education outreach program for children ages 5–18 in Indiana and the surrounding area, is now accepting applications for private lesson instruction on violin, viola, cello, and bass. Applications are due on September 8, 2017.

An IUP String Project Open House will kick off the season on Thursday, September 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Cogswell Hall. Lessons will begin on September 18. For more information and an application, please visit the String Project website, or contact Linda Jennings at ljenning@iup.edu or 724-357-2649.

The IUP String Project curriculum consists of weekly private lessons and group lessons scheduled at different times throughout the year. Lessons are 30 minutes to one hour in length, depending upon the age and advancement of each student. Ensemble classes designed to reinforce concepts and techniques learned in private lessons as well as develop other musical skills, such as ensemble playing, leadership skills, etc. are included in the program. At the end of each semester students also have the opportunity to perform solo and ensemble pieces on recitals.

Lessons, group classes, and recitals take place on the IUP campus and are taught by IUP music students. The IUP String Project is designed to support the string programs in the public schools. Therefore, all students enrolled in the IUP String Project must also be enrolled in their school orchestra program, if one is available.

The IUP String Project is also provides a teacher-training program for IUP music students who are the teachers in the program. The program provides hands-on practical experience teaching one-on-one lessons, as well as teaching groups in a classroom setting and conducting a string orchestra.

In addition, teachers gain invaluable experience participating in recruiting programs in public and private schools, gaining teaching ideas and guidance at regular pedagogy meetings and receiving feedback on their teaching. The teachers are supervised by the IUP String faculty members and by IUP String Project Master Teacher Swana Chepaitis.

The IUP String Project is one of 43 similar programs joined under the auspices of the National String Project Consortium, dedicated to promoting string music education in the United States. As a member of the NSPC, the IUP String Project joins in addressing the two main issues facing string education today:

the low numbers of public schools that offer string music education programs to children, and

]]>Wong Doe Releases New Album “Pictures” on Rattle Recordshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=243798&blogid=4329
Pictures.”]]>Dr. Michael J. Powers2017-08-21T01:47:02ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe traveled to New Zealand this week to launch his latest album on Rattle Records, Pictures.

The release event was held at the Pah Homestead in Auckland, New Zealand, home of the Wallace Arts Trust. Wong Doe performed selections from the album.

Pictures features Mussorgsky’s famous work Pictures at an Exhibition, as well as a newly commissioned piece by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson, in response to 10 art pieces from the Wallace Arts Trust collection.

Wong Doe recorded the album in April this year for his sabbatical leave project. The project was funded by grants from Creative NZ (Arts Council of New Zealand) as well as the Wallace Arts Trust. The album is available on iTunes, Spotify, and other digital
music services.

]]>Kim Releases CD of Cello and Piano Workshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=243693&blogid=4329
Sun Min Kim, IUP piano professor, released his first commercial CD, Small Storms, with Meredith Blecha-Wells, associate professor of Cello at Oklahoma State University. ]]>Dr. Michael J. Powers2017-08-18T05:50:59ZSun
Min Kim, IUP piano professor, released his first commercial CD, Small Storms, with Meredith Blecha-Wells, associate professor of Cello at Oklahoma State University.
This recording of cello and piano works by Bohuslav Martinů was recorded by Navona Records, and it enjoys the international distribution by Naxos Records, a major recording label.

The album has been broadcast nationally on many radio stations such as WCNY-FM (Syracuse, NY), WUNY-FM (Utica, NY), WJNY-FM (Watertown/Boston, MA), WMBR (Cambridge/Boston, MA), and WRUV (Burlington, VT).

The recording has enjoyed positive reviews from national and international music magazines. Gramophone, the world's leading classical music magazine, commented “immaculately supported (as throughout) by Sun Min Kim, the duo milks for all its humorous
potential.”

Classical Music Discoveries, a national music magazine, stated that “The duo’s playing blends wonderfully, no matter a passage’s virtuosity or simplicity, fully embodying the folkloric sensibility and conservative style that typify the
composer’s oeuvre.”

The Blecha-Kim duo plans to have a concert tour in South Korea in November 2017 and another concert tour in China in mid-2018.

]]>Kim Returns to Aspen Music Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=243692&blogid=4329
IUP Assistant Professor of Piano Sun Min Kim completed a nine-week residency at the 2017 Aspen Music Festival as a recipient of the Orchestral Keyboard Fellowship. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-08-18T05:18:26ZIUP Assistant Professor of Piano Sun Min Kim completed a nine-week residency at the 2017 Aspen Music Festival.

Kim returned to the Aspen Music Festival as a recipient of the Orchestral Keyboard Fellowship. He appeared in over a dozen performances in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, collaborating with world-renowned artists such as Renee Fleming, Robert Spano, Ludovic Morlot, Michael Stern, Andrey Boreyko, Hugh Wolff, and Larry Rachleff.

The Aspen Music Festival, founded in 1949, is regarded as one of the premier classical music festivals in the United States, noted both for its concert programming and musical training.

]]>Music Donated to IUP Jazz Bands Libraryhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=243415&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-08-08T19:50:33ZThe complete library of music composed and arranged by IUP alumnus and former faculty member John Morris was recently donated to the IUP Jazz Bands library.

Ralph Morris, brother of John, presented Kevin Eisensmith, director of the IUP Jazz Ensemble, with over 200 works composed and arranged by John Morris, who graduated from IUP in January 1966 and who taught at IUP from 1978 until his death in 1987.

Morris was the founder of the Johnstown Jazz Workshop. Until recently, many of his works were not cataloged and were unavailable for study and performance. Through the efforts of Mike Bodolosky, Dick Gardenhour ’69, and others, Morris’s music
for big band has been reassembled and donated to the IUP Department of Music.

Pictured are music alumni Michael Bodolosky ’72, ’78, Kevin Eisensmith, Paul Walker ’65, Ralph Morris ’69, and Jim Lozenski ’69, along with a few of the hundreds of scores presented to the IUP Jazz Bands. A concert featuring the music
of John Morris is planned for the coming school year. Proceeds will benefit the John Morris Scholarship Fund.

]]>Engelstad Presents “Somatics in the Clarinet Studio”https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=242803&blogid=4329
Rosemary Engelstad was invited to present a
lecture at the inaugural Chicago Clarinet Symposium at Northeastern
Illinois University on May 13, 2017. “Sound
Health: Somatics in the Clarinet Studio” provided participants with
teaching strategies that cultivate body awareness and mindful
musicianship. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-07-22T21:36:08ZRosemary Engelstad was invited to present a lecture at the inaugural Chicago Clarinet Symposium at Northeastern Illinois University on May 13, 2017.

Nela Saric, a former student in the IUP Department of Music, recently competed as a finalist in the 36th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, held in Moscow.

Nela Saric attended IUP as an exchange student after meeting IUP faculty Dr. Mary Logan Hastings and Dr. Stanley Chepaitis during a faculty exchange at the Zagreb Academy of Music in Croatia. Saric studied voice with Dr. Hastings and composition with Dr. Chepaitis at IUP in fall 2009.

Qualifying rounds for the 2017 Hans Gabor Singing Competition were held in 70 cities worldwide. Finalists were judged by artistic directors from many of the world's greatest opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), Royal Opera House (London), Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Cape Town Opera, and Deutsche Oper (Berlin). Saric was one of 15 finalists who competed in Moscow.

]]>Music Student Presents Research at International Trumpet Guildhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=241625&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-06-19T14:03:11ZMusic education undergraduate Ryan Gross presented his research at the International Trumpet Guild in Hershey in June 2017.

His study on meanings of music in musicians with cancer diagnosis was also presented as a poster at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association annual conference in Erie this past March.

]]>Denison Publishes on Boychoir Pedagogyhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=241624&blogid=4329
Dr. Michael J. Powers2017-06-19T14:01:34ZCraig Denison’s chapter on “Boychoir Pedagogy” was published in April 2017 in the Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy by Oxford University Press.

The book was dedicated to the memory of Robert Page, long-time director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, and features the writing of 25 other leading choral pedagogues.

]]>Wong Doe Presents at Pennsylvania Music Teachers Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=241512&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-06-13T01:35:44ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe presented a workshop on piano ensemble literature at the annual Pennsylvania Music Teacher’s Conference on Friday, June 9, 2017. The conference was held this year at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania.

Wong Doe’s workshop was presented in two separate sessions, with around 16 participants per session. Each session was a hands-on demonstration of piano ensemble literature, covering all levels from beginning to advanced. Each participant was expected to sight read through the selections, and Wong Doe’s talk drew from his experience in hosting four “Monster" piano concert events at IUP.

The conference attracted many music teachers statewide, with a particular emphasis on piano teachers. IUP will host the 2018 annual conference, and Wong Doe is on the planning committee.

Beeken evaluated more than 100 choirs from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Ohio for various choral festivals. He provided written and verbal feedback as well direct instruction with many ensembles as well.

IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed a solo recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, United Kingdom, on Friday, May 26, 2017.

The invited recital was part of their lunchtime recital series “Pianists of the World.” The program featured the UK/European premiere of Eve de Castro-Robinson’s “a zigzagged gaze,” which Wong Doe recorded in April for his upcoming album on Rattle Records, Pictures. The recital concluded with movements from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Moments Musicaux, Op. 16.

]]>Beeken Provides Clinics Throughout Regionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=240878&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2017-05-18T19:39:42ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken presented more than 20 free clinics to school choirs during the months of February-May, 2017.

Beeken traveled throughout the northeast region visiting four different states where he provided free clinics to over 20 schools and their choirs.

Clinics typically consisted of workshops with teachers and ensembles where targeted feedback for growth was provided. In all, Beeken interacted with more than 30 choirs and well over 1,000 students.

]]>Alumnus Morse Named to Faculty of California State Universityhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=240334&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-05-04T12:01:13ZIUP music alumnus Matthew Morse (MA 2013) was recently appointed assistant professor of
Music and associate director of Bands at California State University,
Sacramento, for the 2017–18 academic year. He will
share conducting responsibilities for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the
Concert Band and will teach courses in conducting.

Morse earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from
Thomas Edison State University in Trenton, New Jersey, in 2011 and subsequently
completed a Master of Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting in 2013 from
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he was a
student of Jack Stamp. He graduated in May 2017 with a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree in Wind Conducting from the University of North Texas, where he was
a conducting student of Eugene Migliaro Corporon.

Concurrent with finishing his undergraduate degree in 2011,
Morse retired as a chief warrant officer four following a 25-year
military music career with the United States Army. Early in his career, Morse
served for nearly 12 years as a multi-instrumentalist performing primarily
on euphonium and trombone and serving two tours each with the 4th Infantry Division Band at Fort Carson, Colorado, and the United States Army
Japan Band, Camp Zama, Japan.

In 1997, Morse was selected to become a warrant officer
bandmaster and served as the commander and conductor of the 3rd Infantry Division Band at Fort Stewart, Georgia, the 1st Armored
Division Band, then stationed Wiesbaden, Germany, and the 282nd Army
“Victory” Band at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He deployed as a band commander
to combat zones in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2000 and twice to Iraq during a
15-month period in 2003–04. In 2007, Morse was selected by competitive
audition for his capstone assignment as the associate bandmaster and director
of the Jazz Knights of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point,
New York, where he shared the stage with numerous name artists and soloists.

Morse has appeared as a guest conductor with many groups,
including the United States Army Field Band, the United States Army Europe Band
and Chorus, and the West Point Band. As an instrumentalist, Morse has
performed on bass trombone in recent years with the North Texas Wind Symphony,
the Keystone Wind Ensemble, the IUP Wind Ensembles, and the Pueblo Symphony
Orchestra in Pueblo, Colorado, along with various freelance settings, including
an orchestra backing Bernadette Peters in 2012 and a big band backing Doc
Severinsen in 2014.

Morse’s military decorations include the Legion of
Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak
leaf clusters. Other awards include the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Colonel
George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands for
his work with the 282nd Army Band in 2007, and also the South Suburban
Conference (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area) Achievement Award in Fine
Arts in 2013. Additionally, Morse received the Thomas Jefferson High School
(Bloomington, Minnesota) Fine Arts Hall of Fame award in 2009. Morse also
holds a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Morse’s professional affiliations include the College
Band Directors’ National Association, the National Band Association, the Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

]]>Music Alumna Named Finalist for Teacher of the Year Awardhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=240320&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-05-03T18:03:23ZMusic alumna Linda Voegler Granite (BSED Music, 1992) was named as one of 12 finalists for the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Award by Governor Tom Wolf at a press conference on April 13. The winner will be announced in December 2017.

Granite teaches music at Marshall Elementary School in the North Allegheny School District. The 12 educators were nominated by students, parents, colleagues, and members of the community who wish to recognize their achievements both in and outside the classroom.

“Teaching is more than a profession—it is a calling,” Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said. “This year’s finalists represent the countless dedicated Pennsylvania educators whose work is changing the lives of their students and shaping our communities.”

]]>Beeken Adjudicates State Festival in Michiganhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=240208&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-04-29T16:55:34ZDirector of choral studies Ryan Beeken served as an adjudicator for the Michigan Schools Vocal Music Association State Festival April 24–25, 2017.

MSVMA selects a panel of six judges from a national pool to rate and clinic choirs from both middle and high schools.

Beeken interacted with more than choral 80 ensembles at this year's festival.

]]>IUP Trumpet Ensemble Selected to Perform at 2017 ITG Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=240113&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2017-04-26T20:58:44ZThe IUP Trumpet Ensemble has been selected as one of only 15 collegiate trumpet ensembles to perform at the 2017 Conference for the International Trumpet Guild. The conference will be held from May 30 through June 3 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The ensemble will perform two works: a James Olcott arrangement of Kim Andre Arnesen’s “Even When He is Silent,” and the premiere performance of a work written by David Ferguson, assistant dean of the IUP College of Fine Arts. Titled “A Joyful Noise,” Ferguson’s work is composed around the hymn tune “The Old 100th,” combined with elements reminiscent of Bozza, Vaughan-Williams, and Jack Stamp (and other IUP influences).

“The Vaughan-Williams trumpet descant on this tune is particularly featured, because it was one of the first pieces I played publicly as a young soloist with an excellent church choir,” said Ferguson. “With these influences and melodic elements, I have tried to create an interesting and lively take on an already beloved and stately tradition that this piece enjoys in order to embody and invoke the text of the 100th Psalm itself to ‘make a joyful noise...’”

Thirteen students, led by Kevin Eisensmith and Ferguson, will attend the conference. This is the sixth time since Eisensmith began teaching at IUP in 1998 that the IUP Trumpet Ensemble has been selected to perform at an ITG conference. Earlier performances include:

]]>Eisensmith Elected Secretary of International Trumpet Guildhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=240014&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-04-24T21:51:46ZKevin Eisensmith, professor of Trumpet, has been elected to serve as secretary of the International Trumpet Guild. With over 5,000 members worldwide, ITG's mission is “to promote and foster communication among trumpeters worldwide and to improve the artistic level of every aspect of the instrument."

Eisensmith previously served as secretary for two terms (2003–05 and 2005–07). He was vice president of ITG from 2007 to 2009 and served as president of the organization from 2009 to 2011. He received the ITG Award of Merit in 2014 for his service to the Guild.

Join Laura Ferguson, associate professor of music education, on Wednesday evening, April 26, for a program of jazz and popular music. Ferguson will be joined by alumnus John Burgh on piano, percussion faculty member Michael Kingan on drum set, local musician Scott Mitsko on bass, and the “Dr. Mrs. Estrogen Band.”

This family friendly Safe Zone Ally recital will program all songs in a homonormative setting and will be appropriate for audience members of all ages. The recital will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall.

]]>Wind Ensemble to Perform at State Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=239811&blogid=4329
Matthew Burglund2017-04-19T15:47:59Z

On April 21, the IUP Wind Ensemble, under the direction of professor Timothy A. Paul, will be performing at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Conference in Erie, Pennsylvania.

The IUP Wind Ensemble was selected through a blind review process of more than 130 applications and is one of only two collegiate Wind Ensembles to have a stand-alone concert during this prestigious event. The performance will be held at the Bayfront Convention Center in the East Ballroom at 2:15 p.m. In addition to featuring our student performers, flute professor Therese Wacker and tuba/euphonium professor Zach Collins will be soloists. What a terrific opportunity for our IUP students and faculty to share their musicianship, scholarship, outreach, and alumni relations.

]]>Announcing 2017 Trumpet Dayhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=239713&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-04-18T00:36:28ZCalling all trumpet players! Trumpet Day at IUP is an all-day event on May 6, 2017, for trumpet players of all ages, from eighth grade through adult.

Students and adults will participate in Cogswell Hall in warm-up sessions and rehearsals with trumpet ensembles, and they will perform during the 5:30 final recital.

The guest artist for the day is Joshua Ganger. Ganger teaches trumpet at Indiana Wesleyan University and is the principal trumpet with the Symphony of the Lakes. Ganger is a clinician for Powell Trumpets and will present a clinic at 1:00 p.m. and a recital at 4:00 that afternoon.

Trumpet ensembles will be conducted by Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet professor at IUP, and David Ferguson, assistant dean for the IUP College of Fine Arts.

Registration for the day is $10. For more information, please contact Eisensmith at
tptprof@iup.edu or call 724-357-1246.
Music

Rosemary Engelstad and McLaughlin established Duo LaRo in 2016, a clarinet duo committed to performing new works for two clarinets. Additionally, Engelstad and McLaughlin worked with students at APSU in a clarinet masterclass and performed and presented a workshop for high school students at Centennial High School.

]]>Wong Doe Performs and Teaches in New Zealandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=239396&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-04-06T23:50:57ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe performed a recital at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.

The recital featured the New Zealand premiere of composer Eve de Castro-Robinson's new work, commissioned by Wong Doe: "a zigzagged gaze." This work for solo piano was written in response to 10 artworks from the James Wallace Arts Trust collection and will feature on Wong Doe's forthcoming release on Rattle Records alongside Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition."

In addition to performing the recital, Wong Doe also worked with composition and piano students from the University of Auckland.

]]>IUP Horn Choir Performs at Area High Schoolshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=239128&blogid=4329
Matthew Burglund2017-04-03T19:59:32ZThe IUP Horn Choir under the direction of Heidi Lucas visited and gave four performances on March 31, 2017. Schools visited include Apollo Ridge High School (Gavin Virag, director), Freeport High School (Chaz Shipman, director), and Kiski Area High School (Shawn Pityk, director).

Both the full ensemble, and selected soloists and chamber groups were included in the performance, along with information about the horn, its history, and its development. The IUP Horn Choir currently includes 13 members including graduate and undergraduate horn majors, minors, and non-majors studying the horn as a secondary instrument.

Their program included both standard and new works for woodwind quintet. They performed and worked with students in nine sessions over their 2.5-day tour. Schools visited included Williamsport High School (Todd Kendall, director), Loyalsock Township High School (Ryan Bulgarelli, director), Lackawanna Trail High School (Kevin Dikeman, director), Montrose Area High School (Robert Bottger, director), and Mountain View Jr. Sr. High School (Mason Stiver, director).

Their program was entirely comprised of works commissioned by the group and composed within the past 6 months.

]]>Faculty Awarded Grant for New Compositionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=239120&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-04-03T19:48:16ZEastern Standard (Heidi Lucas, horn; Zach Collins, tuba; Jacob Ertl, piano) were recently awarded a grant from the International Horn Society to help in commissioning a new work for their group.

They will work with composer Octavio Vazquez on this project, the result of which will be a multi-movement work suitable for recital programming.

The horn choir presented five works by composers, including Ingram, Brofsky, and Taylor. Freshman horn major Andy Junttonen’s arrangement of a section from Mahler’s Second Symphony was a highlight of the program. Honors horn quartet members Gabby Goril, Elizabeth Heckman, Brooke Nilsson, and Alex Swackhamer performed a piece by Robert Litton, a composer who will be one of the Horn Studio’s featured guest artists for their annual
Horn Day on May 7, 2017, at IUP.

]]>Jazz Trombonist Gibson is Featured Artist for IUP Jazz Festival 2017https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=239048&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-04-03T12:27:18ZThe Department of Music of Indiana University of Pennsylvania presents the 17th annual IUP Jazz Festival. The Festival will be held in Fisher Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center on the IUP campus on Saturday, April 15 beginning at 7:00 p.m. and will feature the IUP Jazz Band and the IUP Jazz Ensemble. The featured guest artist for the concert is trombonist David Gibson.

Trombonist David Gibson has enjoyed a varied musical career which is deeply rooted in the genres of jazz and funk. While reared in Oklahoma, Gibson’s musical journey steered him to New York City. Jazz luminary Curtis Fuller said about Gibson, “Out of all the young players I hear in the music today, David is one of very few who speaks the language of jazz”.

Gibson’s latest release, Inner Agent, is his fourth for Posi-tone Records. It follows on the heels of Boom, and Gibson sees it as “a natural continuation of what we began with Boom. There are more risks taken and more trust present in the performances. Like any successful team, the members of this quintet are often willing to risk failure knowing that they can depend on the support of their teammates to provide a soft landing.” The “team” of which Gibson speaks is the incredibly dynamic collection of NYC-based musicians that includes Freddie Hendrix, trumpet; Theo Hill piano; Alexander Claffy, bass; and Kush Abadey, drums. The rapport between these musicians is palpable as they use their powers to propel the music.

Gibson’s early experience in New York had him performing with Slide Hampton, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, and others. In 2003, he was a finalist in the Thelonius Monk International Trombone Competition and has subsequently released seven recordings as a leader. His current quintet has been cutting its teeth in the jazz clubs of NYC, such as Smalls, Fat Cat and Dizzy’s Club, at J@LC. Though Gibson’s compositions make up the bulk of their music, this eclectic group’s repertoire also runs the gamut with arrangements of material from Dr. Billy Taylor to George Harrison.

Gibson is busy performing with and composing for many diverse artists in New York City, including Roy Hargrove, Orrin Evans, and George Gee, in addition to teaching at the New School University and Columbia University. Legendary trombonist/composer Slide Hampton says, “David Gibson is one of the very talented, truly dedicated musicians on the New York scene today.”

Gibson will present a clinic in Fisher Auditorium on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 1:00 p.m. The clinic is free and open to the general public. Cost of tickets for the evening concert is: $10 regular admission, $8 for senior citizens and students, and $6 with an I-Card.

For more information about this concert, please call the IUP Department of Music at 724-357-2390.

The Department of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania presents the 17th annual IUP Jazz Festival. The Festival will be held in Fisher Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center on the IUP campus on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 7:00 p.m. and will feature the IUP Jazz Band and the IUP Jazz Ensemble. The featured guest artist for the concert is trombonist David Gibson. The IUP Jazz Band is led by James Flowers, professor of Saxophone. The IUP Jazz Ensemble is directed by Kevin Eisensmith, professor of Trumpet.

Trombonist David Gibson has enjoyed a varied musical career which is deeply rooted in the genres of jazz and funk. Gibson’s early experience in New York had him performing with Slide Hampton, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, and others. David is busy performing with and composing for many diverse artists in New York City, including Roy Hargrove, Orrin Evans, and George Gee, in addition to teaching at the New School University and Columbia University.

Gibson will present a clinic in Fisher Auditorium on Saturday, April 15, beginning at 1:00 p.m. The clinic is free and open to the general public. Cost of tickets for the evening concert is: $10 regular admission, $8 for senior citizens and students, and $6 with an I-Card.

For more information about this concert, please call the IUP Department of Music at 724-357-2390.

]]>Music Department Hosts 2017 Tubaphonium Dayhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=238840&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-29T20:08:21ZZach Collins and the IUP Chapter of the International Tuba Euphonium Association hosted the third annual Tubaphonium Day on Sunday, March 19, 2017.

Tuba, euphonium, and baritone players of all ages were invited to join the IUP Tuba and Euphonium Studio for a day of performance and learning. The musicians participated in master classes, heard a recital by Collins and guest euphonium soloist Ross Cohen, and performed as part of a mass tuba-euphonium ensemble.

Ross Cohen joined the River City Brass Band baritone section in 2007. Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, Ross holds a BS in Music Education from Penn State University and an MM in Euphonium Performance from the University of Georgia. His primary teachers in school included Marty Erickson, Velvet Brown, and Dave Zerkel. Ross currently teaches music at Norwin Middle School. Prior to teaching at Norwin, Ross taught for five years at Propel Schools in Braddock Hills and Turtle Creek.

Tubaphonium Day culminated in a concert that featured Collins and Cohen as soloists as well as the IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble and a 50-piece, mass tuba-euphonium ensemble comprised of all participants at Tubaphonium Day. Participants included students from 21 different schools as well as adult musicians.

Performances throughout the day featured world premiere performances of compositions by Zach Collins and IUP student Logan Carnes.

]]>Alumnus Vankuren Accepts Position at Opera Santa Barbarahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=238579&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-24T15:01:24ZIUP alumnus Jonathan Walker-Vankuren has accepted a position as the Tenor Mosher Studio Artist with Opera Santa Barbara. He will begin his professional career as an opera singer in this important program.

Before traveling to Santa Barabara, CA Vankuren will first be the tenor soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Livingston Symphony Orchestra and will attend the Savannah Voice Festival where he will work with international opera legend, American baritone Sherrill Milnes.

]]>Beeken Holds Clinics at 11 Secondary Choral Programs in Charles County, Marylandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=238402&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2017-03-21T23:53:14ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken visited 11 schools in Charles County Maryland. Professor Beeken interacted with multiple choral ensembles at each school, leading students in rehearsal and providing targeted suggestions for improvement and musical understanding.

In all, professor Beeken interacted with more than 1,000 different students and 12 vocal music instructors during his visit. The choirs were preparing for an adjudication festival scheduled to occur in late March.

]]>Internationally Acclaimed Barkada Quartet Performance Scheduledhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=238348&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2017-03-21T16:17:32ZIUP alumnus Justin Polyblank and former professor Anastasia Antonacos return to IUP to perform a guest artist chamber music concert. Polyblank will perform as a member of Barkada Quartet, which will collaborate with pianist Antonacos. The performance takes place on Friday, March 31, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall on the second floor of Sutton Hall, located at 1011 South Drive, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705. The concert is free and open to the public.

The centerpiece of this contemporary music program is IUP Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition David Martynuik’s “Quintet #2 ‘Sierra Vita.’” Composed during a spring 2016 sabbatical leave, the quintet is an exuberant showpiece for the unique combination of saxophone quartet and piano. Another highlight is “Ex Machina,” a new original work for saxophone quartet by internationally renowned composer Marc Mellits. Other music includes original works for saxophone quartet by composers Christine Delphine Hedden, Guillermo Lago, and David Maslanka.

Said to display “virtuosity of the utmost distinctive order” according to Splash Magazine, Barkada Quartet is the first saxophone quartet to capture the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition’s coveted Grand Prize. Formed in 2011 at the Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music, Barkada Quartet’s individual members share a friendship and musical camaraderie of such strength that their performances are said to be reminiscent of “watching a group of men having a chat at the water cooler.”

]]>Organ Recital to Spotlight Prize-Winning Compositionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=238252&blogid=4329
Construct: for organ.”]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-20T13:43:51ZThe Carol Teti Memorial Organ Scholarship Committee will host
a recital by Ann Labounsky, internationally acclaimed organist, at 3:00 p.m. on
Sunday, March 26. Labounsky
will present the world premiere of Christopher Adler’s Construct: for organ (2016) in addition to works by Bach, Franck,
Langlais, Mendelssohn, and Tournemire. Her program will also include an
improvisation based upon tunes submitted by the audience.

Shortly before
the recital, at 2:15 p.m., John Levey will facilitate a preconcert discussion
with Adler, whose Construct is the
second composition to win the annual Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee
Memorial Competition. The competition is sponsored by the American Guild of
Organists.

The discussion
and recital will take place in the DiCicco Rehearsal Hall of Cogswell Hall. Both
events will also be live-streamed and accessible via IUP Department of Music
social media pages. Admission is free. The audience is cordially invited to
attend a reception following the performance.

Ann Labounsky is
professor of Music and chairman of the Organ and Sacred Music programs at
Duquesne University. She has performed world premieres of many of Langlais’s
compositions as well as works by American composers.

Christopher
Adler is professor of Music at UC San Diego and director of Composition for the
nief-norf Summer Festival. He is also pianist and composer-in-residence with
Noise, a new-music chamber ensemble.

Labounsky’s
recital is sponsored in part by the Indiana, Pennsylvania, chapter of the AGO, who are
pleased to collaborate with the Teti Committee and IUP community in order to
promote new music for organ and assist with scholarship fundraising.

The IUP College
of Fine Arts and Department of Music express their gratitude to the AGO for
making the Pogorzelski Yankee Memorial Organ available for teaching and
concertizing, as well as for the creative talent of R. J. Brunner, who crafted
the instrument.

The recital will present some of Joplin’s hits as well as lesser-known gems, and will examine how Joplin, an African American composer and pianist, navigated the minefields of race, stereotypes, and the music industry from 1890 to his death in 1917. Beginning as a quartet singer and minstrel show performer, Joplin went on to publish some of the best-selling and critically acclaimed ragtime pieces. With his opera Treemonisha, he made the case that African American music could stand alongside the best of any culture.

]]>IUP String Project Director, Master Teacher, and Students Present Sessions for Music Educatorshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=238201&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-17T15:40:15ZIUP music faculty member Linda Jennings and IUP music majors Morgan Herrington (junior) and Josh Hudson (sophomore) presented a session on String Instrument Techniques for music educators at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Western Regional Orchestra Festival in Dubois, Pennsylvania, on March 10, 2017.

They also led sectionals for low string instrument students participating in the festival. Jennings also presented a joint session with IUP String Project Master Teacher Swana Chepaitis on String Instrument Techniques at the Indiana Area School District In-Service Day in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on March 17.

]]>Alumna Snyder Debuts with Mississippi Operahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=237540&blogid=4329
The Mikado. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-08T15:09:41ZAlumna Kelly Snyder (BFA in vocal performance ’15) made her stage debut with the Mississippi Opera in the role of Peep-Bo in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. Snyder lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where she serves as an apprentice with the Mississippi Opera as well as a graduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi.

While at IUP, Snyder was noted for her excellent stage presence which was on display in the IUP musical production Chess as Florance Vassy.

]]>Wong Doe Performs Solo Recital in New York Cityhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=237535&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-08T03:03:24ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe performed a solo recital on the “Music on Madison” series at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

The program featured works by Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky, as well as the world premiere of Eve de Castro-Robinson's new work for solo piano, "a zigazgged gaze."

de Castro Robinson is one of New Zealand's foremost living composers and is on the composition faculty at the University of Auckland. She wrote the piece in response to 10 artworks by New Zealand artists from the James Wallace Art Trust collection.

Wong Doe will be performing and recording "a zigzagged gaze" alongside Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" next month in New Zealand for Rattle Records. Pictured below is Andrew Henderson, organist and music director of Madison Ave Presbyterian Church, and Wong Doe.

]]>IUP Clarinet Studio and Engelstad Host SquawkFesthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=237483&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2017-03-07T16:46:51ZOn March 4, 2017, members of the IUP clarinet studio and clarinet professor Rosemary Engelstad hosted the inaugural Crimson SquawkFest, a clarinet-centric event for visiting community members, graduates, middle school students, and high school students.

The day included a masterclass with Pittsburgh-based clarinetist Amanda Morrison and featured IUP students Catherine Kasun and Jenn Dibert.

Engelstad led a session that focused on mindfulness and developing the kinesthetic sense for music performance. Participants rehearsed as a mass clarinet choir and performed a culminating recital at the end of the day. Engelstad, Amanda Morrison, David Martynuik, and Evan Engelstad presented a faculty recital for the guests.

Hosted by Freeport High School, this festival features 225 of the finest vocal musicians from northwest Pennsylvania. It serves as a qualifying event for the All-State Festival held in April. Beeken led singers through three days of rehearsal and a culminating performance.

]]>Organ Performance Will Spotlight Prize Winnerhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=237237&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2017-03-04T20:21:39ZAn internationally acclaimed organist will perform the world
premiere of a prize-winning composition in recital Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Daniel
DiCicco Hall of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cogswell music building.

The solo recital by Duquesne University faculty member Ann
Labounsky at 3:00 p.m. will follow a pre-concert talk at 2:15 by composer
Christopher Adler. His composition, Construct:
for organ, was the 2017 winner in the Second Annual Ronald G. Pogorzelski
and Lester D. Yankee Memorial Competition, sponsored by the American Guild of
Organists. Adler’s talk will be facilitated by John Levey, IUP assistant
professor of music theory and composition.

A reception will follow the performance. Cohosts of the event
are the Carol Teti Memorial Scholarship Committee and the Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The public is welcome,
and admission is free.

Labounsky is professor of music and chair of the Organ and
Sacred Music degree programs at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University. She oversees
undergraduate and graduate programs in sacred music at the university and also
is organ artist in residence at Pittsburgh’s First Lutheran Church.

Internationally acclaimed as the foremost interpreter of the
works of French composer Jean Langlais, Labounsky has filled 26 CDs with the composer’s
complete organ works. She is also the author of a 2000 biography, Jean Langlais: The Man and His Music.

A composer, performer and improviser, Adler is professor of
music at California’s University of San Diego and is also director of
composition for the nief-norf Summer Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. Nief-norf is
a multi-tiered contemporary music organization devoted to fostering creative
collaboration among musical interpreters, composers, and scholars. Adler is
also pianist and composer in residence with Noise, an ensemble committed to
contemporary chamber music.

Adler’s compositions encompass hybrid forms drawn from
contemporary concert music, traditional musics of Thailand and Laos, the
application of mathematics, and the integration of improvisation into structured
composition. His works have been performed nationally at Carnegie Hall, Chicago
Symphony Center, and Tanglewood, as well as internationally.

Each year, the Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee
Memorial Competition seeks to encourage the creation of new music specifically
for the memorial organ that bears that name in Cogswell Hall. Installed in
2014, the organ is leased to IUP by the American Guild of Organists.

Since its establishment in 1993 to honor the late IUP
faculty member Carol Teti, the Memorial Organ Scholarship Committee has worked
to overcome a shortage of organists at local, regional and national levels.
More than $68,000 has been awarded in that time to more than 50 students in the
university’s organ program.

]]>IUP Brass Spectacularhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=236889&blogid=4329
The IUP Music Department presents a concert of music for brass in Fisher Auditorium on Sunday, March 5, featuring the IUP Brass Ensemble and a special performance by the Keystone Winds Brass Ensemble.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-03-01T15:00:29ZThe IUP Music Department presents a concert of music for brass in Fisher Auditorium on Sunday, March 5, 2017, at 3:00 pm.

Featured will be the IUP Brass Ensemble and a special performance by the Keystone Winds Brass Ensemble, a group consisting of IUP faculty, alumni, and friends performing the music of Giovanni Gabrieli.

IUP piano professors Henry Wong Doe and Sun Min Kim were co-directors for the event, which featured 22 pianos in the DiCicco Hall. The event included a morning rehearsal session and afternoon concert. A record number of 43 elementary, middle, and high school piano students from neighboring counties participated in the event. The IUP piano ensemble (current IUP piano majors) also featured on the program.

]]>Beeken Adjudicates at Fox Chapel Invitationalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=236590&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-23T16:15:14ZDirector of choral studies Ryan Beeken served as an adjudicator and clinician for the annual Fox Chapel Concert Choir Invitational, held at Fox Chapel High School on Thursday, February 16, 2017.

Beeken evaluated six choirs from the greater Pittsburgh region and provided both written and verbal feedback designed to optimize student understanding and progress. He also provided on-stage clinics to choirs and their conductors.

]]>Music and Theater Students Invited to Perform in Chinahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=236391&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2017-02-20T19:24:56ZTwenty students, under the direction of Music professor Oliver Lo and Theater professor Rob Gretta, were invited to perform in China for four weekends in May.

The students will perform a Broadway musical revue in cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanjing, among others. While on tour, the IUP ensemble will also visit various schools, colleges, and performing arts centers offering performances and workshops.

]]>Wong Doe Performs and Teaches in Singaporehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=236367&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-20T02:00:17ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe performed a solo recital and worked with students at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Singapore, February 16–17, 2017.

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory is part of the National University of Singapore and is Asia's leading international music conservatory. Wong Doe's visit was at the invitation of Associate Professor of Piano Albert Tiu.

Wong Doe performed a recital program of works by Haydn, Messiaen, Ginastera, Farr, and Schumann. The following day he worked with four piano majors from the studios of Professor Tiu and Thomas Hecht.

]]>Watters and Dickinson to Perform Joint Jazz Recital February 18https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=235877&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2017-02-14T13:22:33ZSpecial guest artist Harry Watters will be joined by IUP trombone professor Christian Dickinson for a joint recital on February 18, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Harry Watters is an internationally renowned jazz trombonist and educator. After graduating from the University of North Texas, he joined the famed Dukes of Dixieland in New Orleans, and later became jazz soloist with the U.S. Army Blues. Harry is currently the professor of trombone at Towson University.

He will be joined by Keith Young on piano, Chris Conte on bass, and Michael Kingan on drums. The recital will be held in Cogswell room 121.

]]>Music Business Seminar by Alumnus Contehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=235876&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-14T13:15:40ZIUP alumnus Chris Conte will present a music business seminar on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at 12:30 p.m. in Cogswell Hall 126. He is a professional bassist and singer in New York City.

Conte has vast experience navigating the professional music scene in Manhattan, performing classic, swinging American Songbook jazz and blues favorites. He takes influence from musical legends such as Nat “King” Cole, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Steve Tyrell, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall, while his voice is often compared to that of a young Chet Baker or Mel Torme. His performance will satisfy audiences of all types. While his singing, bass playing, and band mates will be featured, the real stars of the night are the timeless songs.

Conte lives in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In addition to performing for upscale private events, Conte can be found singing and playing at concerts and festivals in the Tri-State area. He teaches vocal and double bass on a limited basis from his home.

]]>Beeken and Denison Present Choral Workshopshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=235330&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-13T20:11:11ZRyan Beeken and Craig Denison presented workshops and clinics to over 150 middle school students and teachers from Beaver County on Friday, February 10, 2017.

Beeken and Denison each worked with students and teachers at the Middle School Choral Workshop, sponsored by the Beaver County Arts Education Consortium which represents 10 schools from Beaver County.

]]>Celebrating 50 Years of Percussion Education at IUPhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=235255&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2017-02-13T03:11:14Z

This academic year, 2016–17, marks the 50th anniversary of percussion education at IUP.

The program began in fall 1966 when Gary Olmstead, now professor emeritus, was hired as IUP’s first full-time percussion instructor. Olmstead developed the program over his 37-year tenure to a position of international recognition. Michael Kingan took over the program in fall 2003 and has continued the tradition of excellence in percussion education and performance.

IUP percussion alumni hold positions all over the world in public and private school education, college/university education, performance in all areas and all levels of percussion, and prominent positions in business, publishing, and composition

The IUP Percussion Ensemble is acknowledging this 50-year landmark in three ways. First, the opening piece performed on the first IUP Percussion Ensemble concert of November 14, 1966, was the opening piece performed at the Intensity concert of September 22, 2016. Then, at the November 3 concert, IUP PE performed “The O-Zone,” a piece composed by Jack Stamp (IUP percussion alumnus and former director of Bands) in recognition of Olmstead’s 25th year at IUP. It was conducted by current graduate assistant Chris Medycki.

Finally, on February 17, 2017, the ensemble will premiere “Déjà vu All Over Again,” again composed by Jack Stamp but this time to celebrate 50 years of IUP percussion. This piece is composed in the style of the warhorse “Three Brothers” by Michael Colgrass, which was also performed on the first 1966 concert. The soloists will be IUP percussion alumni Marc Nelson, Scott Kemerer, Jason Olear, and Chellise (Allocco) Stolarz. They will be accompanied by current students, one from each class (freshman through graduate students).

]]>Indiana Brass Band Presents Concert as Part of TrumpetFest 2017https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234831&blogid=4329
Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-04T15:19:22ZTrumpetFest 2017 will conclude on Sunday, February 12, with a performance by the Indiana Brass Band.

The original Indiana Brass Band was in existence as early as 1842. Typical of a town band of the early and mid-19th century, the Indiana Brass Band served the community by providing music for variety of public and private events. When the Civil War started, many members of the band joined up with other local musicians to form the Wildcat Regiment Band, the regimental band of the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

The Indiana Brass Band today is comprised of musicians of all ages and from various professional backgrounds. The current musicians perform on a variety of original brass instruments dating from the early to mid-19th century. All of the music is original to the period, and the band performs a unique collection of social, sacred, patriotic, and military music of 19th-century America. The Indiana Brass Band is conducted by B.J. Pino.

The modern Indiana Brass Band has performed for historic and civic events throughout the eastern United States, including Gettysburg National Military Park, Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park, the C&O Canal National Historical Park sites at Cumberland, Maryland, Georgetown and Great Falls, Virginia, and the National Park Service sites of the Allegheny Portage Railroad in Gallitzin and Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The band has also performed lectures and demonstrations for audiences attending academic conferences and for other specific study groups exploring 19th-century American music and culture. These presentations include events at Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, Kentucky; and the Genteel Arts Conference in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

The cornets and saxhorns played by the Wildcat Band today were the same instruments that were in service during battle and dress parades in 1861. All of the horns played date from the Civil War era, some as early as 1845. Restored with the skill of a true craftsman, these instruments are once again playing the melodies heard more than a century ago.

This concert will include several marches or quick steps, an overture, and sacred music. Two of the pieces on the program will be the world premier of the Saxhorn Band accompaniments. Ralph Dudgeon is the featured Bb key bugle soloist on these selections.

This program is free and open to the general public. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the IUP Music Department, please call 724-357-2390 or visit the Music Department website.

]]>Guest Artist Dudgeon Performs Recital on Keyed Bugleshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234830&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-04T15:18:03ZRalph Dudgeon will present a recital of 19th-century music on the E-flat and B-flat keyed bugles on Saturday, February 11, at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Music Department’s annual TrumpetFest. Assisting Dudgeon will be Sun Min Kim and Evan Engelstad, piano.

Dudgeon is a versatile musician/scholar who is known for historically informed performance on period instruments as well as his performances of contemporary repertoire. Dudgeon received his PhD in musicology from the University of California, San Diego. He earned a Master of Arts degree in trumpet performance and a Bachelor of Arts in music education from San Diego State University.

Dudgeon appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and China as a trumpet soloist and conductor. His debut solo album, Music for Keyed Bugle, was the first full-length recording devoted to the keyed bugle. His keyed bugle research and performances were influential in the 20th-century revival of that instrument. He has recorded for Musical Heritage Society, Music Masters, Newport Classic, Nimbus, Hyperion, Innova, and Spring Tree labels.

Dudgeon contributed articles to Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, New Grove Dictionary of American Music, American Musical Instrument Society Journal, International Trumpet Guild Journal, Ovation, and Historic Brass Society Journal. Dudgeon contributed two chapters to the Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments. His 1993 book, The Keyed Bugle (Scarecrow Press), is considered the definitive research on that instrument. The second, expanded edition of The Keyed Bugle was released in 2004. Dudgeon’s Das Flügelhorn, (2003) is published by PPVMEDIEN GmbH in German and English. The work is a history of the flugelhorn and features over 100 color photos of instruments housed in the Instrumentenmuseum, Schloß Kremsegg, Upper Austria. In 2006, Dudgeon received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities from the State University of New York.

Dudgeon remains an active trumpet performer in a variety of genera and lives in upstate New York.

This program is free and open to the general public. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the IUP Music Department, please call 724-357-2390 or visit the Music Department website.

]]>IUP Professor of Trumpet Presents Recitalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234829&blogid=4329
Matthew Burglund2017-02-04T15:13:12ZKevin Eisensmith, trumpet professor at IUP, will present a recital of music for trumpet on Thursday evening, February 9, at 8:00 p.m. Titled “Tribute,” this program will feature music dedicated to various individuals and groups of people, and is a personal testament to those who have influenced Eisensmith’s life.

Assisting will be Jeff Wacker, music director at Trinity United Methodist Church, and Evan Engelstad, assistant professor of Piano in the Department of Music. David Ferguson, assistant dean for the College of Fine Arts, along with IUP alumni Timothy Winfield and Joshua Hillard, with a special appearance by bagpiper Tom McLaughlin, will perform Greg Pascuzzi’s “Variations on a Scottish Hymn Tune” with Eisensmith.

Eisensmith will also perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Simple Song” from Mass on the flugelhorn, as a tribute to former IUP voice professor John Dietz, who recently passed away. “Song for a Friend” was written as a tribute to John Wacker, brother of Jeff Wacker and a graduate (MA in Performance) of IUP, who was tragically killed in a car accident approximately three years ago. Aaron Copland’s arrangement of “At the River,” performed at the funeral of Ronald Long, who passed away in 2016, will conclude the first half of the recital.

This program is free and open to the general public. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the IUP Music Department, please call 724-357-2390 or visit the Music Department website.

Sunday, February 12

All events will be held in Gorell Recital Hall in the John Sutton Building, and are free and open to the general public.

Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet professor at IUP, will present a recital of music for trumpet on Thursday evening, February 9, at 8:00 p.m. Assisting will be Jeff Wacker, music director at Trinity United Methodist Church, and Evan Engelstad, assistant
professor of Piano in the Department of Music. David Ferguson, assistant dean for the College of Fine Arts, along with IUP alumni Timothy Winfield and Joshua Hillard, with a special appearance by bagpiper Tom McLaughlin, will perform Greg Pascuzzi’s
“Variations on a Scottish Hymn Tune” with Eisensmith.

Ralph Dudgeon will present a clinic on Saturday afternoon, February 20, at 2:00 p.m. and a recital that evening at 8:00 p.m. Dudgeon is a versatile musician/scholar who is known for historically informed performance on period instruments as well
as his performances of contemporary repertoire. Dudgeon appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and China as a trumpet soloist and conductor. His debut solo album, Music for Keyed Bugle, was the first full-length recording
devoted to the keyed bugle. His keyed bugle research and performances were influential in the 20th-century revival of that instrument.

Dudgeon has recorded for Musical Heritage Society, Music Masters, Newport Classic, Nimbus, Hyperion, Innova, and Spring Tree labels. He contributed articles to Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, New Grove Dictionary of American Music, American Musical Instrument Society Journal, International Trumpet Guild Journal, Ovation, and
Historic Brass Society Journal. Dudgeon contributed two chapters to the Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments. His 1993 book, The Keyed Bugle (Scarecrow Press), is considered the definitive research on that instrument. The
second, expanded edition of The Keyed Bugle was released in 2004. Instrumentenmuseum, Schloß Kremsegg, Upper Austria. In 2006, Dudgeon received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities from the State University
of New York.

TrumpetFest 2017 will conclude on Sunday, February 12, with a performance
by the Indiana Brass Band. The original Indiana Brass Band was in existence as early as 1842. Typical of a town band of the early and mid-19th century, the Indiana Brass Band served the community by providing music for variety of public and
private events. When the Civil War started, many members of the band joined up with other local musicians to form the Wildcat Regiment Band, the regimental band of the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

The Indiana Brass Band today is comprised of musicians of all ages and from various professional backgrounds. The current musicians perform on a variety of original brass instruments dating from the early to mid-19th century. All of the music is original
to the period, and the band performs a unique collection of social, sacred, patriotic, and military music of 19th-century America.

This concert will include several marches or quick steps, an overture, and sacred music. Two of the pieces on the program will be the world premier of the Saxhorn Band accompaniments. Ralph Dudgeon is the featured Bb Key Bugle soloist on these selections.

All of these programs are free and open to the general public. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the IUP Music Department, please call 724-357-2390 or visit the Music Department website.

]]>Denison Conducts Colorado All-Statehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234820&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-02-03T20:12:19ZCraig Denison, associate director of Choral Music and Music Education, led the Colorado Elementary All-State Choir, a group of 320 singers, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

Denison also presented two sessions: "Uncovering Meaning in Boys' Voice Change" and "Untangling the Conceptual Knot of Vocal Registration."

]]>Beeken Conducts PMEA District 7 Choirhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234297&blogid=4329
Dr. William Zachary Collins2017-01-30T16:42:50ZDirector of choral studies, Ryan Beeken, served as the guest-conductor for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 7 High School Honor Choir.

Beeken led 225 students representing 65 different school districts from the greater Hershey and Lancaster areas.

]]>Music Faculty Perform New Works in Arizonahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234252&blogid=4329
IUP Department of Music faculty members Heidi Lucas and Zach Collins along with Nazareth College pianist Jacob Ertl toured Arizona January 24–27, 2017. The
horn, tuba, and piano trio, named Eastern Standard, performed at
Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Phoenix College, and
Rosie’s House, an academy of music for underserved youth in Phoenix. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-01-28T16:44:40Z

IUP Department of Music faculty members Heidi Lucas and Zach Collins along with Nazareth College pianist Jacob Ertl toured Arizona January 24–27, 2017.

The horn, tuba, and piano trio, named Eastern Standard, performed at Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Phoenix College, and Rosie’s House, an academy of music for underserved youth in Phoenix. Additionally, the ensemble performed at the Southwest Horn Workshop, a regional conference of the International Horn Society.

The ensemble’s mission is to foster new works for the horn, tuba, and piano trio. Their tour featured performances of new works by Charles Ingram, Matthew Murchison, Robert Litton, Octavio Vazquez, and IUP faculty member David Martynuik and faculty emeritus Keith Young.

Eastern Standard has recently embarked on a project of recording their second album, which will include these new works. Their first album, Eastern Standard, was released in 2015 and was produced in conjunction with the IUP Communications Media Department.

]]>IUP Organ Studio Presents “The Canon and the Contemporary”https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=234043&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-01-25T22:21:37ZOn December 12, 2016, the IUP organ studio performed a recital on the Pogorzelski Yankee Organ (PYO) titled “The Canon and the Contemporary.” The program included works by J. S. Bach, César Franck, P.D.Q. Bach, and original organ compositions written by the studio.
The original compositions were the result of a semester-long project that explored composition as a method by which students could develop score reading skills, study the tonal design of the PYO, and improve their musical imagination.

The program was presented under the direction of Christine Clewell, assistant professor of Organ and Keyboard, and John Levey, assistant professor of Music Theory and Composition.

In April 2017, the studio has been invited to present recitals at Heinz Memorial Chapel (Pittsburgh) and Newtown Presbyterian Church (Newtown, Pennsylvania). At the off-campus programs, the organ students will also present original music and works from the Western canon.

The IUP College of Fine Arts and the Department of Music express their gratitude to the American Guild of Organists for presenting the Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee Organ for use at IUP on a special lease agreement.

]]>Beeken Presents “The Choral Art: The Human Art” at International Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=233745&blogid=4329
Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-01-23T17:16:55ZRyan Beeken, director of choral studies, presented an invited session at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities on January 9, 2017, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Beeken's session, “The Choral Art: The Human Art,” was a collaboration between Beeken and four other choral professionals from the Ohio State University, University of Colorado–Boulder, Southeast Missouri State, and the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

“The Choral Art: The Human Art” was designed to illuminate the dynamic relationship between the chorus and the conductor-teacher and demonstrate collaboration and community building through arts education. Attendees explored this relationship, examined leadership style, and discovered how arts education can serve as a vehicle for building bridges between diverse populations and serve as an agent for social justice and change.

]]>IUP Music Alumna Involved in Grammy-Nominated Performancehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=233512&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-01-19T14:26:32ZOn December
6, 2016, the list of this year’s Grammy Award nominations was made public. Under the caption Best Choral Performance was Lloyd: Bonhoeffer — Donald Nally, conductor of the choral ensemble the Crossing
(with instrumentalists John Grecia, Rebecca Harris, Thomas Mesa, and Malavika
(Mika) Godbole, a graduate of the IUP Department of Music and the Cook Honors College).

Godbole graduated from IUP in 2003 receiving the degree Bachelor of Arts. Since leaving Indiana, she has completed her
Doctor of Music Arts at Rutgers University and has secured a teaching position
at York College of Pennsylvania and Westminster Conservatory.

She is a
founding member of the well-respected quartet Mobius Percussion, an ensemble
which seeks to fuse its members’ interest in fresh sounds with
their commitment to high-quality performance and the promotion of new
works by emerging composers. Mobius performed on campus last fall
sharing a concert with the IUP Percussion Ensemble. Godbole also spent time speaking with Honors
College students during her visit.

How she
wound up performing on the CD is interesting. Godbole shares, “This is
the second iteration of the Bonhoeffer
project. The previous version was
premiered by a completely different group of singers. It was still the Crossing, but with a
different roster of instrumentalists. It
even included dancers. I had been in
touch with Donald Nally (musical director of the the Crossing) a few years ago,
way back before Mobius had gained traction.
I wanted to work with him and the Crossing, but I had no Mobius website,
no videos, nothing to show for anything. As time went by, Mobius developed its reputation and list of accomplishments. When the original percussionist on the
project was moving and asked me to play, I naturally moved mountains to make
this opportunity work. I got back in
touch with Donald and sent him our videos to let him know that I hadn’t
forgotten about wanting to work with him. I was glad he remembered me.

“Donald was
wonderful to work with. I really respect and admire him. He’s one of those folks that has a beautiful,
uncanny musical mind and ear, which can also be intimidating in a high-pressure
situation like a recording session. (I
admit my brain stopped working a disproportionate number of times in front of
him!) The coolest thing about this was
that we were able to perform this at the Union Theological Seminary, where
Dietrich Bonhoeffer actually worked! (A German Lutheran pastor, theologian,
and heroic anti-Nazi dissident, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was
imprisoned and eventually murdered by the Nazi regime in the waning days of
World War II.) We recorded it at St. Peter’s Church in the Great Valley
outside Philadelphia and then performed it three times the subsequent weekend. I made some very strong bonds with some of the members that will remain with me
for a long time. The producer, Adrian Peacock, has ridiculous ears and made me
sound so good on the recording.”

The
Grammy ceremony will occur February 12, 2017. It’s certainly a huge honor to receive this nomination, and IUP is
justifiably proud of Mika Godbole and her accomplishments.

]]>Vocal Alumnus Ayysola Conquering Boston Opera Scenehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=233393&blogid=4329
Noli Me Tangere with Opera Brittenica of Boston. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-01-17T16:25:36ZKartik Ayysola (BFA '14) has been engaged to sing the role of Alferes in the opera Noli Me Tangere with Opera Brittenica of Boston. The production is also in cooporation with KGB Productions out of Chicago. The opera is performed in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines.

Ayysola's other engagements include Alfred in Opera 51's production of Die Fledermaus as well as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos with Lowell House Opera and Borse in Longwood Opera's Rigoletto. He was also the tenor soloist for Camille Saint-Saens' Oratorio de Noel with the Arlington-Belmont Chorale.

Ayysola has also garnered attention as a finalist in the Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Competition held in New York City.

The
Conference offers guests
interested in music education an array of clinics and exhibits, as well as
access to music and teaching icons. The conference also focused on industry
trends and future topics in business and music education. With more than 17,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than
30 countries, the Midwest Clinic offers
music educators and musicians alike an unmatched
networking opportunity.

]]>Paul Conducts Westmoreland County Music Educators Association Honor Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=233217&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2017-01-14T02:41:14ZTimothy
Paul, director of Bands, led 122 students from Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, in a two-day honor band.

Students gathered at the
Greater Latrobe High School, where Paul rehearsed and prepared these
terrific musicians for an exciting culminating concert on December 2, 2016. A special thanks to Timothy Sheridan
(host) and all the talented area directors—including IUP alumni and those
from other fine institutions.

]]>IUP Piano Student Performs in Carnegie Hallhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=232623&blogid=4329
Hsin-Jou Lee, a senior candidate for Bachelor of
Fine Arts in piano performance, performed at Weill Recital Hall in
Carnegie Hall on December 17, 2016. ]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-12-18T23:44:12ZHsin-Jou Lee, a senior candidate for Bachelor of Fine Arts in piano performance, performed at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall.

Hsin-Jou Lee, student of Henry Wong Doe and Sun Min Kim, performed at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, December 17, 2016. The concert was presented by the American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition Foundation.

]]>Brass Faculty Collaborate with Students in Easton, PAhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=232216&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-12-13T03:49:42ZThe HoodleBug Brass, the faculty brass quintet in the IUP Department of Music, performed and taught at Easton Area High School on Saturday, December 10, 2016.

The faculty members spent the day giving a mini-recital, master classes to brass instrumentalists, and rehearsing with the Easton Area High School Wind Ensemble (Carole Lutte, director). The day culminated with the HoodleBug Brass performing John Cheetham's Concertino for Brass Quintet and Concert Band with the EAHS Wind Ensemble in an evening concert.

The members of the HoodleBug Brass are Kevin Eisensmith, David Ferguson, Heidi Lucas, Christian Dickinson, and Zach Collins.

]]>Beeken Conducts New York Area All-State Choirhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=231777&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-12-05T18:35:19ZDirector of choral studies Ryan Beeken conducted the New York State School Music Association's Zone 2 Area All-State Honor Choir.

Beeken led 200 students through two days of rehearsals and a culminating concert. Students in attendance came from the greater Rochester area.

]]>Jennings Performs and Teaches in Wisconsinhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=230446&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-11-30T15:47:47ZIUP faculty member Linda Jennings was an invited guest performer and master class clinician at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in November.

On Monday, November 28, she joined cellists Benjamin Whitcomb (cello professor at UW-Whitewater) and Miranda Wilson (cello professor at University of Idaho) in performing chamber works for cello. She also worked with UW-Whitewater cello students in a master class on Tuesday, November 22.

]]>Beeken Speaks at National Conference for Music Educationhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=230323&blogid=4329
Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-28T15:13:30ZRyan Beeken, director of choral studies, presented an invited session for the 2016 National Association for Music Education National Conference in Grapevine, Texas.

Beeken's session, “C.H.O.I.R: Collaboration Harvests Optimal and Inspired Rehearsals,” focused upon leadership style and collaboration. Beeken demonstrated how the model of conductor as dictator is antiquated and doesn’t yield the best results. Developing leadership through consent versus command, coupled with a collaborative rehearsal process that allows all to contribute, garners high artistic results and instills a life-long appreciation for music learning and participation.

Beeken is quickly emerging as a recognized leader in choral music. Since 2013, he has presented more than 30 invited sessions in 12 different states on topics related to choral leadership, rehearsal techniques, and repertoire.

Wong Doe's visit included performing a solo recital at the Conservatory on November 21, as well as teaching private lessons and giving masterclasses to both college and pre-college students. Shenyang Conservatory is one of the top music conservatories of China, following the Central Conservatory (Beijing) and Shanghai Conservatory in the northeast region of the country. Graduates of Shenyang Conservatory have gone on to complete master's and doctoral programs at Juilliard, Eastman, and other top U.S. music schools.

Wong Doe's visit was at the invitation of Professor Fang Zhang, piano professor at Shenyang Conservatory of Music. Prof. Zhang has sent three graduates of the conservatory to IUP; two of them (Jiayin Sun and Xiang Jin) are current MA students and graduate assistants in piano.

]]>Tuba and Euphonium Students and Faculty Perform at High Schoolshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=230239&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2016-11-21T16:34:45ZMusic faculty member Zach Collins and four students from the IUP Tuba and Euphonium Studio performed at two local high schools on Friday, November 18, 2016.

The IUP musicians visited with and performed for students at Franklin Regional Senior High School and Plum Senior High School.

Collins performed repertoire for solo tuba and the students performed works for tuba-euphonium quartet. The quartet is comprised of Mark Yamialkowski (senior, music education), Heather Yeager (junior, music education), Abby Weaver (senior, music education), and Logan Carnes (sophomore, music education and music performance).

The quartet performed compositions by Rossini, Bartles, Collins, Yeager and fellow IUP music student, Luke Hamilton. While at Plum, the students also sat in with the Plum Jazz and Symphonic Bands, providing feedback on their performance.

Collins and the students also visited with the students at Franklin Regional and Plum about opportunities for participating in music at the collegiate level.

]]>Engelstad and Music Students Represent IUP at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camphttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=229708&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-15T16:26:51ZEight IUP music students were selected to serve as counselors, residence assistants, and conductors for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in summer 2016. Rosemary Engelstad was clarinet faculty during session two.

Located in Western Michigan, BLFAC is one of the largest arts camps in the world. IUP was the highest-represented institution in the counseling staff this year.

Four students were selected to perform in the Festival Band, an ensemble comprised of advanced students and professional faculty.

]]>IUP Voice Students Win at Vocal Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=229703&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-15T14:48:57ZOn November 12, 2016, voice student traveled to West Virginia University to compete at the Tri-States Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

]]>Baunoch Elected Vice President of Local Chapter, National Association of Teachers of Singinghttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=229702&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-15T14:41:23ZJoseph Baunoch, associate professor of Voice, was elected vice president of the Tri-Sates Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing at the recent meeting.

NATS is committed to encouraging the highest standards of the vocal art and of ethical principles in the teaching of singing and to promote vocal education and research at all levels, both for the enrichment of the general public and for the professional advancement of the talented.

The Tri-States Chapter members include Carnegie Mellon University, West Virginia University, Slippery Rock University, and Westminster College among others.

]]>Choral Faculty Conduct Honor Choirhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=228754&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-10T23:24:47ZMusic department faculty members Craig Denison and Ryan Beeken served as the guest conductors for the Cambria County Middle School Honor Choir on November 9, 2016.

202 students gathered at Greater Johnstown High School to rehearse under Denison and Beeken. The day ended with a concert in Johnstown's historic Cochran Auditorium.

]]>Wong Doe Receives Creative New Zealand Arts Granthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=228694&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-10T14:14:16ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe received an arts grant from Creative New Zealand (Arts Council of New Zealand) for his recording project next year.

Wong Doe, who was awarded sabbatical leave during spring 2017 to complete this project, was one of 82 recipients (out of 200 applications in music, theater, and dance) to receive funding. The amount of his grant totals NZD $15,850 (approx. USD $11,430).

Wong Doe's project includes the commissioning of a new work by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson, "10 Muses," which will feature on the disc alongside Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition."

Wong Doe will also give a premiere performances of "10 Muses" in Auckland, New York, and London during the 2016–17 concert season. The recording will be released on the New Zealand label Rattle Records.

This will be Wong Doe's fourth commercially released album and the first to include standard solo piano literature.

Beeken led over 200 students in grades 7–9 through two days of rehearsals that culminated in a performance at Titusville High School on November 5, 2016. Participating students represented more than 25 school systems from northwestern Pennsylvania.

Each year, Pine Richland High School invites several choral programs to their annual collaboration. This year, Beeken provided feedback to all ensembles, suggesting areas of growth and congratulations on work well done.

]]>IUP Piano Student Wins First Place in State Young Artist Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=228382&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-07T02:40:31ZHsin-Jou Lee, candidate for Bachelor of Fine Arts in Piano Performance and piano student of Henry Wong Doe and Sun Min Kim, won first prize at the Music Teachers National Association Pennsylvania State Young Artist Competition, held at West Chester University of Pennsylvania on November 6, 2016. Lee performed a program of Beethoven, Debussy, and Scriabin.

In January 2017, Lee will compete in the MTNA Eastern Division Competition with the winners from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont.

]]>Beeken to Conduct International Choral Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=228247&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-11-02T17:02:45ZAt the request of Perform International, director of choral studies Ryan Beeken will serve as artistic director and conductor for a newly created international choral festival titled A Cappella Abroad.

Recently, a cappella music has been popularized by media hits like The Sing-Off, the musical Perfect Harmony, and the musical comedy film series Pitch Perfect.

The A Cappella Abroad choral event, taking place in June 2018 in Prague, is dedicated to celebrate a cappella choral music and give ensembles the opportunity to perform traditional and modern compositions to an appreciative audience in some of Europe’s most splendid concert venues. Perform International will market the festival to over 10,000 choral professionals throughout Canada and the United States. Here are more details about the A Capella Abroad festival.

]]>Student Brass Quintet Performs for Saudi National Day Celebrationhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=227719&blogid=4329
The Legacy Brass, IUP’s scholarship brass
quintet, performed the Saudi National Anthem for the Saudi National Day
Celebration held at the HUB on October 25, 2016. ]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-10-26T12:14:47ZThe Legacy Brass, IUP’s scholarship brass quintet, performed the Saudi National Anthem for the Saudi National Day Celebration held at the HUB on Thursday, October 25, 2016.

Activities for the day included an open exhibition, cultural activities, guest speakers, folklore, and a dinner featuring authentic Saudi Arabian food.

]]>Distinguished Musicians from India Perform on October 24https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=226933&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-10-14T20:29:39ZNagaraj Rao Havaldar will present a lecture on “The Raaga
(melodic) system, The Time Theory of Raaga and the Seasonal Raagas” on Monday, October 24, from
2:30 to 3:20 p.m. in Cogswell Hall, Room 126. Following this, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. he will present a vocal performance
assisted by Kedarnath Havaldar on Tabla (percussion) and Sameer
Havaldar on Harmonium (Indian keyboard instrument). This session will also take place in Cogswell Hall, Room 126.

Both sessions are free and open to IUP and the community. Attendance vouchers will be provided for students attending for class credit.

For any questions, please contact Linda Jennings at ljenning@iup.edu or 724-357-2649.

Pandit (Pt.) Nagaraj Rao Havaldar is a leading artiste of the Kirana Gharana. Havaldar is a disciple of Pt. Madhava Gudi, himself a prime disciple of Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. He is also a disciple of Pt. Panchakshari Swami Mattigatti, a senior disciple of Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur, from whom he has imbibed the niceties of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Havaldar brings to his performances the subtle understanding of a scholar and the finesse of an aesthete.

A gold medalist in MA (history and archeology), he holds a doctorate in music from Karnataka University, his doctorate thesis being “The History of Classical Music in Karnataka.” He holds with distinction Sangeetha Ratna, a degree in Hindustani Classical Music from Karnataka University. He has worked at the Music Archives, Hubli, All India Radio, Bangalore, as a program executive (1988–91). He was also the chairman of Textbook Committee for Hindustani Music, for the Directorate of Textbooks, Karnataka. His column, “Anuraaga,” based on the life of musicians, has caught the imagination of readers. He has been contributing articles to various leading Kannada papers and weekly magazines. Hampi University has published a book titled Badalaaguttiruva Kaalaghattadalli Shastreeya Sangeeta (“Indian Classical Music in Changing Times”) written by Havaldar.

During his study for Sangeetha Ratna, a six-year degree course in Hindustani classical music from Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, he studied under Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur (the head of the Department of Music). At the university, luminaries like Pt. Panchakshari Swami Mattigatti, Pt. Basavaraj Rajaguru, Pt. Sangameshwar Gurav, and B. D. Pathak were his faculty members. While his style reflects his extensive training from Kirana masters, he is equally at ease with the Jaipur-Atrauli specialties such as Basanti Kedar, Kaunsi Kanada, Jai Jai Malhar, Shivmat Bhairav, Kabir Bhairav, Marwa ThaatBhibas, Nat Malhar, and many more. Gifted with a powerful voice that easily traverses three octaves, his music has a powerful emotional and intellectual appeal. His renditions of bhajans in various languages create a spiritually uplifting ambience.

Havaldar has performed all over in India, at festivals such as the Hampi Utsav (Karnataka), Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh (Benaras), Salt Lake Music Festival (Kolkata), Swar Zankar (Pune), etc. He has toured the U.S. and the U.K. extensively and performed at the Chhandayan All Night Music Festival (New York and Toronto), Dhrishti Foundation Tribute Concert (Chicago), Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Pennsylvania), and Chinmaya Mission (Chicago), amongst others. Havaldar is frequently invited by corporations and universities to give lecture-demonstrations on Indian classical music appreciation, and stress management through music. He has given lecture-demonstrations at multinational companies such as Alcatel-Lucent (New Jersey), IBM (New York), Wipro (Bangalore) etc. and at universities such as Yale University, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, University of Buffalo, University of Milwaukee, Bradley University, and Valparaiso University. He was a visiting faculty at Elmhurst College in Chicago during fall 2011, teaching Indian classical music to American music-major students. His regular visits to the U.S. since 2001 have won him many fans, students, and admirers.

Havaldar is the founder and president of Sunaada Art Foundation, an organization that aims to promote and preserve Indian classical music for the future generations by archiving rare recordings, organizing concerts, and promoting senior, but lesser known artistes in Hindustani music, especially from Karnataka. Havaldar has been a pioneer in popularizing the Kannada Khayal by adapting Vachanas, literary works of Haridasa, and suitable contemporary poetry in Kannada to the traditional khayal form.

His last visit to the U.S. was August–December 2011 as a visiting professor of Hindustani Classical Music at Elmhurst College Chicago, and his performances at the World Music Festival in Chicago and Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav at Pune have caught the global attention. His music can be heard on YouTube.

Kedarnath Havaldar is fortunate to be born into a family of musicians. His father, Naga Raj Rao Havaldar, is a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist. An eminent vocalist, he has enthralled the audiences and scholars through his soulful performance and lecture demonstrations in India and abroad. Kedar’s mother, Sudhamayi, is a trained musician and a graduate from the College of Fine Arts in Mysore. His elder brother, Omkarnath, is an accomplished vocalist, having already established a nichė in the field of classical music.

Kedar’s journey in music began with vocal training from his father at a very young age. But, young Kedar was fascinated by the possibilities of Layakaari, rhythm, and the Tabla. As it is said, “SwaramaathaLayapithaa” (Melody is the mother and Rhythm is the father). After pursuing his vocal training for five years, his initial training in Tabla began under Pt. Rajgopal Kallurkar, a renowned maestro of the Faroukhabaad Gharana. Kallurkar’s affectionate training for the next 12 years helped Kedar blossom as a competent soloist and an accompanist. Kedar's quest for knowledge drove him to Pt. M. Nagesh, another dedicated teacher, and a disciple of Pt. Puttaraj Gawai. Panditji’s vast experience and interaction with many senior musicians has been handed over to young Kedar with much forethought and care. Kedar is also a recipient of Kishora Prathibha Puraskaa, a state award for Tabla.

Presently, Kedar is learning from the internationally renowned Tabla maestro Pt. Samir Chatterjee. He went to Kolkata for a true Gurukul experience, in the year 2009, and continued his Taaleem from Samirji in the Chhandayan Centre for Indian Music, Manhattan, New York, for the next two years and he continues to learn his Guru. He has completed his post-graduation in Tabla with a Gold Medal (Master of Arts) at KSGH University, Mysore. Kedar’s constant interaction with his Guruji and the visiting musicians of the Chhandayan Center has fine-tuned his musical thoughts.

Kedar is extremely privileged to receive a special taaleem of vocal accompaniment under great Maestros like Pt. Madhava Gudi, Pt. Panchaksahri Swami Mattigatti. Presently, he trains with his father, Pt. Dr. Nagaraj Rao Havaldar, and Pt. Indudhar Nirody. Constant interaction with these maestros has made Kedar a sought-after accompanist. Academically, Kedar has active with the Azim Premji Foundtion teaching “Indian Rhythms in the course Introduction to Indian Classical music” and now currently teaching a course independently on “Global Rhythms –A World Phenomenon.”

Sameer Havaldar hails from a family of musicians. His first guru was Pt. Prabhudeva Salimath in Talikoti. Sameer’s father, Seshacahala, is a retired professor of history, used to sing Kannada light music, and is also an approved Kannada cricket commentator. Sameer’s uncle, Nagaraj Rao Havaldar, is a noted Hindustani classical vocalist and a scholar. Sameer’s college education and advanced music study has been with his cousins, Omkarnath and Kedarnath Havaldar, in Bangalore. Sameer holds a master’s degree in mass communication and journalism. He is an accomplished singer, too. Sameer is continuing his vocal and harmonium learning under his uncle, Nagaraj Rao Havaldar, and Pt. Panchaksharaiah Hiremath respectively.

]]>Tuba and Euphonium Students Tour Local High Schoolshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=226013&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-10-03T13:25:25ZZach Collins and four students from the IUP Tuba and Euphonium Studio performed at three high schools in Western Pennsylvania on Friday, September 30, 2016.

The students performed selections for tuba-euphonium quartet, including a new composition, "Fever Dream," by IUP senior music education student Luke Hamilton. Collins performed several tuba solos for the high school students and discussed music studies at the university level.

]]>Ferguson to Perform Evening of Jazz in Johnstownhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=225998&blogid=4329
IUP music professor and jazz vocalist Laura
Ferguson joins the Jazz Trip Trio for one night of cool and versatile
jazz music at the beautiful Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center on Friday, October 7.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-10-03T01:06:23ZIUP music professor and jazz vocalist Laura Ferguson joins the Jazz Trip Trio for one night of cool and versatile jazz music at the beautiful Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center.

The Jazz Trip Trio, comprised of Joshua Ben on piano, Mark Perna on bass, and Zach Bodolosky on drums, are local jazz favorites in the Johnstown Area. It’s a night of exciting music you will not want to miss! The concert will be held Friday, October 7, from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.

]]>Wacker Publishes in the “Flute Examiner”https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=225478&blogid=4329
]]>Dr. Michael J. Powers2016-09-26T14:20:30ZProfessor Therese Wacker published an article, “3 Basics of Beautiful Piccolo Playing,” in the Flute Examiner, a newsletter and online publication about the flute and flute pedagogy edited by Amanda Taylor and IUP alumnus Keith Hanlon.

The Flute Examiner currently has 500 subscribers. However, with the launch of Dr. Wacker's article the current issue was seen by over 5,000 people within the first 24 hours. The article gives a pedagogical approach to playing the piccolo with exercises for performers and teachers of the flute.

]]>Kim Performs at Oklahoma State Universityhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=224885&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-09-16T02:29:27ZAssistant Professor of Piano Sun Min Kim performed a program of cello and piano works by Bohuslav Martinu with OSU cello professor Meredith Blecha on September 12, 2016.

Kim also taught a masterclass as a clinician for piano students at Oklahoma State University.

]]>Concert Celebrates 50 Years of Percussion Education at IUPhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=224484&blogid=4329
The IUP Percussion Chamber Ensemble concert “Intensity” takes place on Tuesday,
September 20, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall.
Admission is free to the first of this year’s concerts to recognize and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gary Olmstead becoming IUP’s first director of Percussion Studies. ]]>Matthew Burglund2016-09-13T13:11:10ZThis year marks the 50th year of percussion education at IUP. It was fall 1966 when Gary Olmstead (professor emeritus) started teaching as IUP’s first director of Percussion Studies. The first of this year’s concerts to recognize and celebrate this landmark will be the IUP Percussion Chamber Ensemble concert “Intensity” on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, starting at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall. Admission is free. The director is Michael Kingan, current professor of Percussion.

The first piece of the “Intensity” program, a transcription of a movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by Bach, happens to have been the first piece performed on the first-ever IUP Percussion Ensemble concert of November 14, 1966.

Following this piece, senior music major Taylor Gephart will be featured on the xylophone ragtime piece “Charleston Capers” by George Hamilton Green. She’ll be accompanied by a marimba band.

Two pieces on the concert use only drums and percussion sounds (no melodic keyboard instruments). The first is a quartet called “Parallax” by James Romig, and the other is a duo by Gene Koshinski titled “Dance of the Drums.” This piece actually incorporates a conch shell into its instrumentation.

The concert will feature two minimalistic pieces. One is called “Les Mouton de Panurge” by Frederic Rzewski for three mallet instruments. The other is Terry Riley’s “In C,” which uses a mix of over 20 instrumentalists from the percussion, woodwind, brass, and string studios of the Music Department. It’s a full-scale departmental collaboration.

Minimalism can be defined as an avant-garde movement in music characterized by the repetition of very short phrases that change gradually, producing a hypnotic effect.

While both of these pieces fit this description, they are vastly different and will be very interesting to experience in a live setting.

Introductory remarks about “In C” will be delivered by John Levey, assistant professor of Music Theory and coordinator of the Theory and Composition area.

]]>Opera Recording with Fenty Denison Chosen as “Critic’s Choice”https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=224315&blogid=4329
“Michael Dellaira: The Death of Webern,” a recording that includes IUP Department of Music faculty member Maria Fenty Denison, was tabbed as a Critic’s Choice by Opera News.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-09-09T01:47:07ZMichael Dellaira: The Death of Webern, a recording that includes IUP Department of Music faculty member Maria Fenty Denison, was tabbed as a "Critic’s Choice" by Opera News.

The Death of Webern is a new opera by composer Michael Dellaira. This world premiere recording was released in January 2016 by Albany Records. The recording features students and faculty from the University of Miami Frost School of Music.

]]>Chorale Selected To Perform For Biennial Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=224199&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2016-09-07T16:07:48ZThe IUP Chorale, under the direction of Ryan Beeken, has been invited to perform for the biennial Eastern Division Conference for the National Association for Music Education.

Ensembles are chosen through a blind, peer-review process. The Division includes eleven states and Europe. Selected ensembles demonstrate the highest level of musical achievement possible in our field. The 2017 Conference takes place April 5-8 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The IUP Department of Music is thrilled to be representing the commonwealth.

]]>IUP String Project Accepting Applications for the Fall Semesterhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=223827&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-08-29T21:43:26ZThe IUP String Project, a community music education outreach program for children ages 5–18 in Indiana and the surrounding area, is now accepting applications for private lesson instruction on violin, viola, cello, and bass. Applications are due on September 8, 2016. An IUP String Project Open House will kick off the season on Saturday, September 10, at 11:15 a.m. in Cogswel Hall, Room 126. Lessons will begin on September 19.

The IUP String Project curriculum consists of weekly private lessons and group lessons scheduled at different times throughout the year. Lessons are 30 minutes to one hour in length, depending upon the age and advancement of each student. Ensemble classes designed to reinforce concepts and techniques learned in private lessons as well as develop other musical skills, such as ensemble playing, leadership skills, etc. are included in the program. At the end of each semester students also have the opportunity to perform solo and ensemble pieces on recitals. Lessons, group classes, and recitals take place on the IUP campus and are taught by IUP music students. The IUP String Project is designed to support the string programs in the public schools. Therefore, all students enrolled in the IUP String Project must also be enrolled in their school orchestra program, if one is available.

The IUP String Project is also provides a teacher-training program for IUP music students who are the teachers in the program. The program provides hands-on practical experience teaching one-on-one lessons, as well as, teaching groups in a classroom setting and conducting a string orchestra. In addition, teachers gain invaluable experience participating in recruiting programs in public and private schools, gaining teaching ideas and guidance at regular pedagogy meetings and receiving feedback on their teaching. The teachers are supervised by the IUP String faculty members and by IUP String Project Master Teacher Swana Chepaitis.

The IUP String Project is one of 43 similar programs joined under the auspices of the National String Project Consortium, dedicated to promoting string music education in the United States. As a member of the NSPC, the IUP String Project joins in addressing the two main issues facing string education today: 1) the low numbers of public schools that offer string music education programs to children, and 2) the critical shortage of string teachers in the U.S. The program is directed by IUP music faculty member Linda Jennings.

]]>Kim Performs at Aspen Music Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=223619&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-08-25T02:58:18ZIUP Assistant Professor of Piano Sun Min Kim has returned from his nine-week residency at the Aspen Music Festival.

Kim was a recipient of the Orchestral Keyboard Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival. He appeared in over a dozen performances in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, collaborating with artists such as Robert Spano, Nicholas McGegan, Emmanuel Pahud, David Halen, and James Gaffigan.

The Aspen Music Festival, founded in 1949, is regarded as one of the premier classical music festivals in the United States, noted both for its concert programming and musical training.

]]>Lucas Appointed Editor for International Horn Society Journalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=223247&blogid=4329
Horn Call. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-08-16T01:40:50ZAssistant Professor of Horn Heidi Lucas was appointed editor of the Books and Print Materials Reviews column in the International Horn Society's publication, the Horn Call.

The Horn Call, journal of the International Horn Society, is published in English. Articles written in another language are printed in that language with an English translation. Three journals are published annually: October, February, and May.

The journal typically includes membership news, workshop reports, feature articles, a variety of clinics, biographical sketches, music and recording reviews, and advertisements for horn-related products and services.

There are designated editors for each of several regular journal columns.

It is the main publication for the International Horn Society, which is an organization comprised of horn players, teachers, amateurs, students, and enthusiasts from around the world.

]]>Beeken Elected As Pennsylvania Music Educator Association District Three Vice Presidenthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=222327&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-07-15T20:31:31ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken was recently elected as the Pennsylvania Music Education Association District Three vice president by the music educators of Western Pennsylvania.

Beginning July 1, 2016 Beeken will serve three two-year terms as vice president, president, and past-president respectfully. The PMEA is the largest professional organization of music educators in the state of Pennsylvania. The organization boasts more than 5,200 members that comprise all levels of music education, from kindergarten through collegiate faculty. Their mission is to promote and advance music education by 1) encouraging excellence in the study, teaching and making of music; 2) promoting and supporting quality music education, music learning, and music performance; and 3) promoting and supporting music education in the schools and in communities.

As president of District Three, Beeken will oversee all PMEA functions in Indiana, Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson, Forest, and Franklin counties. In addition to chairing the District Three Executive Board, he will also serve as a member of the PMEA State Executive Board, which is responsible for overseeing all activities and policies as set forth in the PMEA Constitution and Policy Manual.

]]>Wong Doe Performs with Auckland Chamber Orchestra in New Zealandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=222095&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-07-08T23:55:59ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe performed as guest soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, July 3, 2016, at the Raye Freedman Arts Center in Auckland, New Zealand.

The performance was his third invitation as guest soloist, and the program included other works by Leonie Holmes and Witold Lutoslawski. William Dart, music critic of the New Zealand Herald, wrote in review: "Pianist Henry Wong Doe has played brilliant Stravinsky and Hindemith with the ACO; tonight he transferred the same verve and vigour to Mozart..while he understood the swoon of Mozartian sighs, he clearly relished unleashing his full fury on two eccentric and wild Beethoven cadenzas."

The concert was recorded on Concert FM, Radio New Zealand's classical music channel.

]]>Collins Adjudicates and Performs at Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=221795&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-07-01T01:31:08ZIUP Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium Zach Collins served as guest soloist and adjudicator at the 2016 Ohio Brass Arts Festival in Columbus, Ohio, on June 25, 2016.

The festival included performances by seven brass bands from around Ohio. Collins also performed Kevin Norbury's “Badinage for Solo Tuba and Brass Band” with the Central Ohio Brass Band, under the direction of Jessica Sneeringer.

]]>Music Faculty Perform at International Double Reed Society Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=221736&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-06-29T16:37:43ZMusic faculty members Stephanie Caulder, Rosemary Engelstad, Therese Wacker, and Jason Worzbyt gave an invited recital performance at the International Double Reed Society conference held at Columbus State University in Columbus, Ga. on June 27, 2016.

The International Double Reed Society is the worldwide organization of double reed (oboe and bassoon family) players, instrument manufacturers, and enthusiasts. The society has over 4,400 members from 56 countries and holds an annual conference each year.

]]>Baumer Presents at Teaching Music History Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=221486&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2016-06-21T18:36:48ZAt the annual Teaching Music History Conference at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Matt Baumer and Kevin Burke presented a paper titled, “Beyond Appreciation: A New Philosophy for Intro to Music Courses.”

The conference brings together music history teachers from around the country for a weekend of new ideas, practical tips, and analysis. Baumer and Burke argued that the current music appreciation model is indebted to outdated Romantic aesthetics and 19th-century class ideologies.

They suggested that a philosophy based on the Praxial view of music education, combined with a learner-centered approach to teaching, can rejuvenate these courses for the future.

Active teaching methods such as singing, drumming, and manipulating music with computer-based tools should supplement lectures for a more engaging experience.

]]>Music Students and Faculty Perform at International Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=221240&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-06-14T01:46:35ZMembers of the IUP Tuba and Euphonium Studio, along with Professor of Tuba Zach Collins and Professor of Horn Heidi Lucas, performed at the 2016 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference held in Knoxville, Tenn.

The IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble, comprised of 17 music majors, minors, and non-majors who perform on the tuba or euphonium, gave a concert on Monday, May 30. The ensemble 's concert featured arrangements by students A.J. Achille (BA 2016) and Logan Carnes (freshman BSEd student), and alumnus Jim Self (BSEd 1965). In attendance were Self, IUP Professor Emeritus Gary Bird, and IUP alumni Geoff Durbin (BSEd 2007) and Zack Grass (BSEd 2014). The ensemble is directed by Zach Collins.

On Wednesday, June 1, Collins and Lucas performed as members of Eastern Standard, a horn/tuba/piano trio they formed with pianist Jacob Ertl. Eastern Standard's recital featured the world premiere of "Toboggan," written by American composer Robert Litton. The ensemble performed other works that they recorded on their recently released album,
Eastern Standard, including "Jam-Bourree" by IUP alumnus Anthony O'Toole (BA 2011).

The PMTA annual conference attracts over 80 music teachers, (mostly piano) statewide per year. Wong Doe's presentation, "The More the Merrier: Benefits of Ensemble Playing for Pianists," sought to highlight the importance of group activities for pianists in addition to their private studies. The talk included video clips of previous "Monster Concert" events, IUP's Piano Ensemble class, and interviews with teachers, students, and parents.

]]>IUP Hosts Summer Music Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=221172&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-06-10T13:10:54ZThe third International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers, and Collaborators will be held June 13–18, 2016, at IUP. Founder and Artistic Director Timothy Paul, IUP’s director of Bands, coordinates this festival, which brings an elite group of performers (including some current IUP music faculty) from across the country to IUP.

The week consists of an intense few days of rehearsals that culminate in several performances and a professional recording, which will be commercially released. The focus of the festival is chamber music for both large and small groups of woodwinds, brass, percussion, and mixed instrumentation ensembles.

Concerts are free and open to the public and will take place in Fisher Auditorium on Wednesday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, June 17, at 4:00 p.m.

]]>Beeken Adjudicates Across the Northeasthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=220926&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-06-01T14:56:06ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken adjudicated multiple festivals for Music In The Parks throughout the month of May 2016.

Beeken provided written and verbal feedback to more than 50 ensembles from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Festivals took place at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Dorney Park in Allentown, and Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

]]>IUP Brass Faculty Perform at Area Schoolshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=220413&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-05-13T15:58:54ZThe IUP Faculty Brass Quintet, known as the HoodleBug Brass, performed at eight area schools on May 9-11, 2016.

On Monday, May 9, the quintet gave performances for students at Heritage Elementary and Franklin Regional Middle School in the Franklin Regional School District. Additionally, the quintet rehearsed with members of the Franklin Regional Senior High School Wind Ensemble and gave a master class to the brass students at Franklin Regional Middle School.

On Tuesday, May 10, the brass faculty performed for students at Kiski Area High School, Plum Senior High School, Hempfield Area High School, and Greater Latrobe Senior High School. In the evening the HoodleBug Brass were featured performers on the Franklin Regional Senior High School Wind Ensemble's Spring Concert. The quintet performed John Cheetham's Concertino for Brass Quintet and Band with the FRHS Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Kevin Pollock.

The HoodleBug Brass wrapped up their tour on Wednesday, May 11, with a performance at Conemaugh Township Area Middle/Senior High School.

]]>Baumer Presents on Music and Charityhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=220283&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-05-11T13:51:36ZAssociate Professor of Music History Matt Baumer gave a paper titled "Who Benefits from a Benefit Concert? Music and Philanthropy in 1980s Pittsburgh" at the Allegheny Chapter of the American Musicological Society at Chatham University on March 19, 2016.

The paper addressed the venerable and reciprocal relationship between music and charity. In the U.S., the opera and symphony have nearly always required charitable contributions beyond ticket sales to survive, but musicians are also frequently asked to donate their services for charity. The all-purpose vehicle for charity for and from musical organizations is the benefit concert, an institution with multiple and overlapping meanings.

High-profile benefit concerts in mid-1980s Pittsburgh given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra reveal many shadings of the word "benefit." Far from being special or unusual, the benefit concert is an important part of the strategy for marketing, supporting and legitimizing cultural institutions.

]]>Kim Performs in Pennsylvania and Delawarehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219854&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-05-02T17:47:07ZIUP piano faculty member Sun Min Kim and Meredith Blecha, Associate Professor of Cello at Oklahoma State University, performed three recitals in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

The duo performed a program of cello/piano music by Bohuslav Martinu and Sergei Prokofiev at the University of Delaware, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Bucknell University.

SongFest was held at East Juniata High School on Friday, April 29, 2016, and featured 110 fifth-grade students from central Pennsylvania. Beeken led these students through rehearsals and a culminating performance.

Sun Min Kim, assistant professor of Piano, was invited to adjudicate the Lois Streator/Lois Smith Competition. The competition was hosted by the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association and was held in the Pittsburgh Piano Gallery on Sunday, April 17, 2015.

]]>Doe Performs Solo Piano Recital at Lunchtime Recital Serieshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219388&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-04-20T14:00:58ZIUP piano faculty member Wong Doe performed a solo recital at the Tuesday Noon Lunch series at First Lutheran Church in Johnstown on Tuesday, April 19, 2016.

]]>Guest Cellist to Perform at IUP on April 24https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219369&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2016-04-19T21:21:48Z

Meredith Blecha-Wells, Associate Professor of Cello at Oklahoma State University, will perform a recital of music by Bohuslav Martinu and Sergei Prokofiev at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, in the Gorell Recital Hall. She will be collaborating with IUP piano professor Sun Min Kim.

This concert is part of their Pennsylvania/Delaware tour.

Meredith Blecha-Wells leads a dynamic career dedicated to both performing and teaching. She has appeared as a chamber musician and orchestral player in the United States, Australia, and Europe and has had the pleasure of performing in world class concert halls such as the Kennedy Center and the Sydney Opera House.

As a chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Pangaea Chamber Players and regularly performs with the Tulsa Camerata and the Brightmusic Ensemble in Oklahoma City. She recently recorded a CD with the Pangaea Chamber Players entitled Purple Line. The CD, which will be released under the Blue Griffin Label, includes flute, cello, and piano and features works by Gaubert, Rorem, Villa-Lobos, and Weber.

A devoted teacher, Blecha-Wells is currently the Associate Professor of Cello at Oklahoma State University, where she was recently awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence. Her students have won a number of competitions, including prizes in the American Protege Competition, the Music Teachers National Association Competition, the Ad Astra String Competition, the Buttram Competition, the Oklahoma City Youth Orchestra, and the Keith Competition. Her students have been accepted to study at a number of music schools in the US including Indiana University, Southern Methodist University, and festivals such as Round Top, Meadowmount, Eastern Music Festival, Brevard, Interlochen, Hot Springs, and Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.

Blecha-Wells has taught throughout the United States and has most recently given classes at Auburn University, the University of Kansas, Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Northern Colorado, Florida Gulf Coast University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Georgia. Previous teaching posts include Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp in Vermont, Colorado Suzuki Institute, Chicago Suzuki Institute, Indiana University Summer Music Clinic, the Hochstein School of Music and Dance, the Eastman Community Music School, the Indianapolis Academy of Music, and Indiana University's String Academy.

Blecha-Wells received a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Cello Performance from Indiana University, studying under Janos Starker and Helga Winold. Additionally, she holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music where she served as the teaching assistant to Distinguished Professor Alan Harris. Additional studies include festival participation at the Taos School of Music, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival.

]]>Faculty Recital Pays Homage to J.S. Bachhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219173&blogid=4329
IUP Music faculty Christine Clewell (organ,
harpsichord), Stanley Chepaitis (baroque violin), and Raquel Winnica
Young (mezzo-soprano voice) will perform repertoire written for organ,
violin, harpsichord and alto in different combinations for a recital May 1.]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-04-18T02:59:23ZIUP Music faculty Christine Clewell (organ, harpsichord), Stanley Chepaitis (baroque violin), and Raquel Winnica Young (mezzo-soprano voice) will perform repertoire written for organ, violin, harpsichord and alto in different combinations.

Clewell, Chepaitis, and Winnica Young will perform a program of music by J.S. Bach and composers who were inspired by him, such as Haydn and Mendelssohn. The performance will take place at Zion Lutheran Church (100 South 6th St., Indiana, PA 15701) on Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. The concert is free to attend. There will be a reception to follow.

]]>Beeken Adjudicates and Clinics at Seneca Valley High Schoolhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219085&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-04-15T12:09:54ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken adjudicated the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Music Performance Assessment held at Seneca Valley High School on Thursday, April 7, 2016.

Beeken provided choirs with written and verbal feedback after their performances. Additionally, Beeken interacted with ensembles and conductors to augment their learning and understanding.

]]>Legacy Brass to Present Spring 2016 Recitalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219018&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-04-14T17:35:53ZThe Legacy
Brass Quintet will present its spring 2016 recital on Tuesday, April
19, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall in Sutton Hall on
the IUP campus. This program is free and
open to the general public.

The program features a range of baroque
and contemporary music by American and European composers, including Samuel
Sheidt, Willem deFesch, and William Brusick.

The
Legacy Brass Quintet is the honors
student brass quintet for the IUP Department of Music. Membership in the ensemble is by performance
audition and is open to any IUP music major in the brass area. The funding for this ensemble was made
possible through a gift from Jim and Jamie Self. Jim Self is an IUP alumnus (BSEd 1965)
who has been a first-call tuba player in Los Angeles for over 30 years. He is known for playing the “Voice of the
Mother Ship” in the movie Close
Encounters of the Third Kind and has performed for hundreds of movie and
television soundtracks in his career, as well as performing as principal tuba
in many of the top professional orchestras in and around Los Angeles.

For
more information regarding this and other programs, please call the Department
of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, at 724-357-2390.

]]>2016 IUP Jazz Festival To be Held April 30https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=219014&blogid=4329
]]>Ms. Emily Amanda Smith2016-04-14T17:31:00ZThe
Department of Music of Indiana University of Pennsylvania presents the 16th
annual IUP Jazz Festival. The Festival
will be held in Fisher Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center on the IUP
campus on Saturday, April 30, beginning at 7:00 p.m. and will feature the IUP Jazz
Band and the IUP Jazz Ensemble.

The
featured guest artist for the concert is trumpeter George Rabbai. The IUP Jazz Band is led by Keith Young,
professor of Saxophone. The IUP Jazz
Ensemble is directed by Kevin Eisensmith, professor of Trumpet.

George
Rabbai’s first national recognition as a trumpeter came when he joined the
Woody Herman Orchestra, touring as a jazz soloist. During his two-year stay, Rabbai performed at
jazz festivals and concert halls throughout the United States and abroad, and
recorded with Herman on the Concord and Toshiba EMI labels. His unique style of scat singing prompted
Herman to reinstate and rerecord the classic arrangement of the big band bebop
hit of the 1940’s “Lemon Drop” as a
vocal and trumpet feature. Lemon Drop is also the title of his
premier CD, released in 1997, on DBK Records. Rabbai’s next CD with DBK, called In Good Company, was released the
following year. After touring with the
Woody Herman orchestra, Rabbai was selected as part of the Woody Herman
All-Star small group, performing with artists like Sal Nistico, Jake Hannah,
Nat Pierce, George Duvivier, Scott Hamilton, and famous Count Basie tenorman
Frank Wess. He has also performed as a
soloist with the Concord Jazz All-Stars. As a leader, Rabbai has recorded with jazz greats Hank Jones, Rufus Reid,
and Mel Lewis for the Naxos label.

Rabbai’s
lyrical trumpet sound is featured in the soundtrack of Baseball, a film
by Ken Burns, which first aired nationally on PBS in 1994. He can also be heard
in Burns’ epic documentary The West. Rabbai
has worked as a soloist behind vocalist Rosemary Clooney and is featured on
her Demi-Centennial: A Girl Singer’s Golden Anniversary television special
for the Arts and Entertainment network. Most recently, Rabbai has been working with vocalist Michael Feinstein
and is featured jazz soloist on Feinstein’s double CD, Romance on Broadway and
Romance on Film. Rabbai has also recorded with Margaret Whiting and was
featured with Tony Bennett on his television special, Tony Bennett With Love.

Rabbai will present a clinic in Fisher Auditorium on Saturday, April 30,
beginning at 1:00 p.m. The clinic is free
and open to the general public. Cost of
tickets for the evening concert is: $10 regular admission, $8 for senior
citizens and students, and $6 with an I-Card.

For
more information about this concert, please call the IUP Department of Music at
(724) 357-2390.

]]>Brass Faculty Premiere New Workhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=218730&blogid=4329
Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra
on April 10 with the
Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of alumnus Roger
Tabler.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-04-11T17:45:12ZThe HoodleBug Brass, the faculty brass quintet-in-residence, premiered Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra by Nancy Galbraith. The quintet performed the concerto with the Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Roger Tabler (IUP 1990).

The concert was held on Sunday, April 10, at South Fayette High School. Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra was co-commissioned by the HoodleBug Brass and the Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (PYPO). PYPO is comprised of advanced high school musicians and presents three major performances per season, community outreach programs, chamber ensembles, an annual concerto competition, and a student conductor competition.

The members of the HoodleBug Brass are Kevin Eisensmith (trumpet), David Ferguson (trumpet), Heidi Lucas (horn), Christian Dickinson (trombone), and Zach Collins (tuba).

The Region III Band Festival was hosted by two IUP alumni, Stephanie Benson and Jordan Canner.

This year’s festival (in preparation for PMEA All-State) included 186 students from 46 different high schools.

Paul said it was a wonderful experience to work with all of the directors, and especially memorable to meet all of the dedicated IUP alumni. In addition, it was exciting to hear and rewarding to work with all of the regional band members and to realize the possible potential for future IUP students.

Conducting an All-State ensemble is one of the top honors and forms of scholarship available to conductor-teachers. Since 2013, Beeken has led more than 25 honor choirs in 13 different states. Receiving the invitation to lead 240 of the top high school vocal students from IUP's home state is especially import. IUP Department of Music faculty members Kevin Eisensmith (trumpet), Heidi Lucas (horn), and Zachary Collins (tuba) collaborated with Beeken during the festival.

]]>New Liberal Studies Elective for Fall 2016: MUHI 223, World Musical Cultureshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=218013&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-30T18:09:49ZThe Music Department is offering a new course focusing on musical cultures around the world for fall 2016. This course will fulfill the Liberal Studies elective in the Global and Multicultural Awareness (GMA) and Global Citizenship (GZ) categories. The class will meet MWF 2:30–3:20 in Cosgwell Hall.

This course explores a variety of world cultures through their music. In addition to exploring music as an aesthetic art form, students will focus on music as a product and reflection of culture. Students will learn to recognize the basic elements of music, identify the musical styles of different cultures, and analyze how music communicates and reflects cultural values which enrich the lives of people in these communities.

Through attendance at concerts, students will gain familiarity with musical events in their communities and reflect on their role in their own musical culture. No prior knowledge of music is expected.

Beeken shared a session on teaching vocal technique and improving choral tone titled "La Voce: Teach Me To Sing." He also shared ideas on how conductor-teachers might incorporate various forms of popular music into their secondary choral programs.

]]>Collins Conducts Junior High District Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217942&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-29T02:02:52ZOn March 22, 2016, Zach Collins conducted the Pennsylvania Music Educators District 5 ninth grade band at Mars Area High School. Collins worked with 85 students throughout the day in rehearsals and in a concert of works for wind band.

PMEA District 5 is comprised of schools located in Mercer, Lawrence, Butler, and Beaver counties.

]]>Professional Women’s Music Fraternity to Host Instrument Petting Zoohttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217941&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-29T01:42:45ZSigma Alpha Iota
(SAI) professional women’s music fraternity will host an “Instrument Petting Zoo” on April 30, 2016, from 1:00–3:00 p.m. in room 120 of Cogswell
Hall on the IUP campus. This event will give children ages eight
and above (third grade and older) a chance to try out any and all of the basic band
instruments that might be available to them in school.

This event is free to
anyone who is interested. SAI would love for you to bring your child to try out
an instrument and find their love for music. Light
refreshments will be offered during and after the event.

At 4:00 p.m. the Crimson Youth
Choir will perform on campus as well. This event is
not required if attending the instrument petting zoo, but will be a great
opportunity to hear live music and see if your child is interested in singing
as well.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Elizabeth Roney at RHLT@iup.edu.

]]>Baunoch and Kim Give Recital at Bowling Greenhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217901&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-28T15:07:38ZJoseph Baunoch and Sun Min Kim, Department of Music, were invited to give a recital at Bowling Green State University on March 19, 2016. The concert featured works by Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, and Cole Porter.

The recital also featured San Francisco-based composer Kurt Erickson’s song cycle “Jagermeister Lieder: A Song Set for Manly Men.” This was only the third performance of this new work.

In addition to the recital, Baunoch presented a master class to undergraduate vocal students of BGSU on March 18.

]]>IUP Percussion Ensemble Presents Spring Concert in Fisherhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217746&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-24T18:12:55ZThe IUP Percussion Ensemble, directed by Michael Kingan, will perform its final concert of the semester on Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Fisher Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

Always a popular event, the IUP Percussion Ensemble moves from its normal venue of Gorell Recital Hall to Fisher Auditorium every other spring to take advantage of the special lighting, staging, and sound system Fisher has to offer. David Surtasky, technical director of Fisher Auditorium, will serve as a collaborator for this performance.

Those in attendance will enjoy nine musically and visually interesting compositions, full of variety, featuring the group’s normal large ensemble and chamber pieces. The IUP Steel Band will also perform, as will the Brazilian Samba Line.

The concert will close with the debut performance of the new IUP Indoor Drumline Project (percussion ensemble plus marching band percussion instruments). The primal piece is titled “Rakshasa” and was composed by alumnus Dustin Lowes as a small chamber piece. The original adaptation for Indoor Drumline was created by Chad Heiny with drill design and visual elements choreographed by Jesse Sieff, both also IUP alumni. The performance is accompanied by an audio recording synchronized with the live performers.

]]>Department of Music Hosts Tubaphonium Dayhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217696&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-24T04:05:46ZZach Collins and the students in the IUP Tuba and Euphonium Studio hosted the second annual Tubaphonium Day on Sunday, March 20, 2016.

Tuba, euphonium, and baritone players of all ages were invited to join the IUP Tuba and Euphonium Studio for a day of performance and learning. The musicians participated in master classes, heard a recital by Collins and guest euphonium soloist Mike Waddell (IUP, BSEd 2012), and performed as part of a mass tuba-euphonium ensemble.

Waddell is an active young musician currently based in the Columbus, Ohio area. In Columbus, Waddell is the solo euphonium with the Dublin Silver Band and co-solo euphonium with the Central Ohio Brass Band. Waddell is cofounder and director of the Columbus Brass Academy. For several years, he has maintained a large studio of private trombone, euphonium, and tuba students in Atlanta and now Columbus.

Tubaphonium Day culminated in a concert that featured Collins and Waddell as soloists as well as the IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble and a 50-piece, mass tuba-euphonium ensemble comprised of all participants at Tubaphonium Day. Participants included students from 14 different school districts as well as adult musicians.

Performances throughout the day featured four world premiere performances and one U.S. premiere by composers Reed Hanna (BSEd 2009), Bruce Yurko, Zach Collins, and Josh Jameson.

]]>Trumpet Players: Join in on Trumpet Day, April 16https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217566&blogid=4329
]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2016-03-21T19:33:36ZCalling all trumpet players!
Trumpet Day at IUP is an all-day
event for trumpet players of all ages, from eighth grade through adult. Trumpet Day is Saturday, April 16, 2016. Musicians interested in participating in Trumpet Day should complete this registration form.

Students and adults will
participate in warm-up sessions and rehearsals with trumpet ensembles and will
perform during the 6:00 final recital.

The guest artist for the day is Peter
Bond. Bond has been a member of the
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1992. Previously, he served as principal
trumpet of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Albuquerque. Bond is a
clinician for Bach trumpets and will present a clinic at 1:00 and a recital at
4:30 that afternoon.

Trumpet ensembles will be
conducted by Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet professor at IUP, and Paul Rode,
band director at Penns Manor High School.

Registration for the day is
$10. For more information, please contact
Eisensmith at tptprof@iup.edu or call 724-357-1246.

]]>Denison Presents on Becoming a Music Teacherhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217561&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-21T19:19:29ZCraig Denison recently had his poster “Reflections on Becoming Music Teachers” presented at the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Research and Researchers conferences in Atlanta by his fellow researchers, Susana Lalama (Converse College, S.C.) and Sandra Sanchez (University of Miami, Fla.). This work is part of a larger project on examining personal narrative on veteran music teacher identity.

In June 2016, Denison will present, with Maria Fenty Denison, a session titled “Developmental Cognizance in Female Voice Change” at the the Voice Foundation Symposium in Philadelphia .

]]>Music Alumni Perform in Chinahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217284&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-14T23:16:00ZVocalists Keileigh Koch (BFA '14) and Jonathan Walker-Vankuren (BFA '15) traveled to China with Michigan State University to perform an opera in conjunction with the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

A double bill of "A Savage Land" by JIn Xiang and revue of the music of Leonard Bernstein was performed in China in various venues, including the Peking National Opera House.

Keileigh and Jonathan studied with Joseph Baunoch during their tenure at IUP.

]]>Baunoch Presents Masterclass at MSUhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=217283&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-03-14T22:36:35ZOn March 11, 2016, Joseph Baunoch was invited to Michigan State University to present a vocal masterclass.

He worked with both undergraduate and graduate students on various art song and operatic literature.

This event marked the ongoing collaboration between Baunoch and Prof. Richard Fracker, Vocal Area chair at MSU. Prof. Fracker came to IUP to present master classes and perform in an opera gala with the IUP Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Michigan State has become a destination for our vocal alumni with several students auditioning and being accepted for graduate studies, and Keileigh Koch (BFA '14) and Jonathan Walker-Vankuren (BFA '15) attending for graduate work.

]]>IUP In National Spotlight With Organ Composition World Premierhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=216740&blogid=4329
The IUP Music Department again takes center stage on Sunday, March 13, when the Carol Teti Memorial Organ Scholarship Committee presents Kola Olowabi, for a recital featuring the premiere of Sept Hommages, the winning composition of the 2016 Pogorzelski Yankee Memorial Composition Competition.

The
free recital takes place at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, in DiCicco
Hall, Room 121, of Cogswell Hall, and is preceded by a pre-concert talk
by Baker from 2:15–2:45.

Following the
recital,
all are invited to enjoy a dinner and conversation with Owolabi, a University of Michigan music professor, and AGO guests, including John Walker, president of the AGO, at the
Oak Room in Foster Hall. The cost of $75 per person includes a
donation to the scholarship fund.

Reservations are required and may be made through March 6 by
contacting the chairperson of the CTMOSC, Charles Cashdollar, at
724-463-3458. For more information on the recital, e-mail Cashdollar
at charles.cashdollar@comcast.net or Christine Clewell at orgel@iup.edu.

Contributions to the
scholarship fund are welcome and gratefully accepted, and may be made at the
recital, or by mailing a check made out to the Foundation for IUP, Account
#5215 to the Foundation for IUP, Sutton Hall, Room G1, 1011 South Drive,
Indiana, PA 15705.

A native of Toronto, Canada, Kola
Owolabi (pictured at right) is associate professor of Organ at the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor where he teaches courses in organ, improvisation, and church music. From 2006 to 2014, he taught at Syracuse
University and served as university organist. He also held positions as sub dean and dean of the Syracuse Chapter of
the American Guild of Organists.

He holds degrees in organ performance and
choral conducting from McGill University, Montreal, Yale University, and Eastman
School of Music. His teachers have
included Bruce Wheatcroft, John Grew, Martin Jean, Thomas Murray, Hans
Davidsson, and William Porter. In 2002,
Owolabi was awarded second prize and audience prize at the American Guild
of Organists National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance.

Owolabi is a published composer
and has received commissions from the Royal Canadian College of Organists and
the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. His
solo organ composition “Dance” was selected for the Royal Canadian College of
Organists National Competition in August 2013, where all of the finalists
performed this composition.

He was a
featured performer at the American Guild of Organists National Convention in
Boston in June 2014, performing three recitals at Methuen Memorial Music
Hall. He also performed a concert for
the Organ Historical Society Convention in Syracuse in August 2014. He performs regularly as organist and
harpsichordist with the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire and
Firebird Chamber Orchestra, based in Miami, Fla.

Claude Baker (pictured at left) is Class of 1956 Chancellor’s Professor of
Composition in the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington,
where he is also the recipient of the universitywide Tracy M. Sonneborn Award
for accomplishments in the areas of teaching and research. Prior to his appointment at Indiana, he served
on the faculties of the University of Georgia and the University of Louisville
and was a visiting professor at the Eastman School of Music. In the eight-year period from 1991–99, he held
the position of composer-in-residence of the St. Louis Symphony, one of the
longest such residencies with any major orchestra in the country.

Baker earned his doctorate
from the Eastman School of Music, where his principal composition teachers were
Samuel Adler and Warren Benson. As a
composer, he has received a number of professional honors, including an Academy
Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; two Kennedy
Center Friedheim Awards; a Manuel de Falla Prize (Madrid); the
Eastman-Leonard and George Eastman Prizes; BMI-SCA and ASCAP awards; commissions
from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, the Fromm Music Foundation, the Barlow
Endowment for Music Composition, and Meet the Composer (now, New Music USA); a
Paul Fromm Residency at the American Academy in Rome; and fellowships from the
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts,
the Rockefeller Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, and the state arts
councils of Indiana, Kentucky, and New York. Most
recently, he was selected as the winner of the inaugural Ronald G. Pogorzelski
and Lester D. Yankee Annual Composition Competition sponsored by the American
Guild of Organists.

Among
the many orchestras that have commissioned and/or performed his music are those
of Saint Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and
Louisville, as well as the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony
Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de RTV Española, the Orquesta Nacional de
España, the Musikkollegium Winterthur, and the Staatskapelle Halle. Other ensembles include the Cleveland Chamber
Symphony, the Esprit Orchestra, the Voices of Change, the American Modern
Ensemble, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, the Empyrean Ensemble, the Momenta
String Quartet, and the Pacifica String Quartet (with pianist Ursula
Oppens). His works are published by
Lauren Keiser Music and Carl Fischer and are recorded on the Naxos, ACA,
Gasparo, Jeanné, IUMusic, TNC, and Louisville First Edition labels.

]]>IUP Percussion Ensemble Goes On Tourhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=216416&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-02-29T21:51:43ZThe IUP Percussion Ensemble, directed by Michael Kingan, will perform for high school and middle school students around the state of Pennsylvania this coming month. There are 21 students in this group, grads and undergrads.

The first off-campus visit is March 1, 2016, when the group travels to Cambria Heights high school and middle school in Patton, Pa. The director there is Megan Hall (BS Ed 2012). All performance invitations come from IUP alumni.

Over Spring Break, the IUP Percussion Ensemble will visit four schools in three days, traveling to St. Mary's High School in Kersey (Tiffany Gump, BS Ed 2009), Bloomsburg High School (Kevin Haile, BS Ed 2008), Lehigh Valley Charter School of the Arts in Bethlehem (Matt Wells, BS Ed 2006), and Arch Bishop John Carroll High School in the Radnor section of Philadelphia (Zachary Larimer, BFA 2004).

On March 22, the ensemble will perform at Mt. Lebanon High School (Jeremy DeLuca, BS Ed 2008) before presenting its final concert of the semester in Fisher on April 2.

]]>Music Professors Visit Purchase Line Schoolshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=216332&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2016-02-27T04:01:47ZIUP Department of Music faculty members Heidi Lucas (horn) and Zach Collins (tuba) taught and performed for students at Purchase Line Elementary, Junior High, and Senior High School.
Lucas and Collins introduced their instruments in an elementary general music class and taught individual lessons to students ranging from fifth to 12th grade. Lucas and Collins were hosted by Purchase Line band director and IUP music alumna Rebecca Bracken-Bouch (BSEd '98, MA '05).]]>Collins Performs Recital in Texashttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=216284&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2016-02-26T01:54:45ZZach Collins, Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at IUP, performed a recital and gave two master classes at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Tex.

Collins' recital featured works by J.S. Bach, Barbara York, Arild Plau, Jean-Baptiste Arban, as well as a piece using looping software. He was assisted by pianist Janet Pummel, Associate Professor of Music at TCU. The concert was held on Monday, February 22, at 7 p.m. in Pepsico Recital Hall on the TCU campus.

In addition to the recital, Collins also gave a master class for students in the TCU tuba and euphonium studio on Sunday, February 21.

He then spoke to the entire brass department on Monday afternoon about his experiences as a freelance musician in Los Angeles and as a music professor at IUP.

]]>Guest Pianist to Perform Recital on February 29https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=216281&blogid=4329
]]>Dr. Michael J. Powers2016-02-25T22:57:31ZFulbright Scholar Moonjung Kim will be giving a guest recital featuring the four Ballades of Chopin on Monday, February 29, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall.

Moonjung Kim has distinguished herself in solo performances, chamber music, and concerto performances across the United States and Europe, as well as in her native South Korea.

Her concert engagements include venues in Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia, and the United States, including her New York debut appearance at Alice Tully Hall as the Second Prize Winner of the IBLA Grand Prize International Competition, and her solo recital in the Schauspielhaus in Berlin.

Kim also performed with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Russia and with the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic, and those concerts among others brought her critical acclaim.

Moonjung Kim's achievement in competitions, including the Dong-A National Competition and the KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) Young Artist Competition, led her to appear in concerts in various cities in Korea, including performances with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra.

Kim was awarded the Second Prize of the IBLA Grand Prize International Competition in Italy, and became a finalist of the Ima Hogg National Competition and the World Piano Competition in the United States. In 2013, Kim began a new concert series entitled “Pre-talk/Free-talk Concerts,” in which she gave a lecture to the audience before each concert. This new type of concert in Korea has received highly positive response from the public, and her distinguished performances have been featured on numerous occasions in “Musica di Pianoforte,” one of the leading classical music magazines in Korea.

Born in Seoul, Moonjung Kim studied at Seoul National University as a full scholarship student, where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Her distinction in the class gained the coveted President’s Award. She completed her doctoral degree at Indiana University, studying with Menahem Pressler, and worked there as an associate instructor for three years.

Kim was an artist teacher in performance and piano literature on the faculties of Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University, and Sangmyoung University. She has been a professor at Dongduk Women’s University in Seoul since 2005, and, for the 2015–16 academic year, she has been engaged as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in Ann Arbor, teaching piano literature classes for undergraduate students.

]]>Third Annual Monster Piano Concert Set for Saturdayhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=216162&blogid=4329
Marilyn R. Kukula2016-02-25T13:22:15ZIndiana Musicale, the Indiana Chapter of the Music Teachers' National Association, will present its third annual Monster Piano Concert, Saturday, February 27, at 2:30 p.m.

The concert will be held in Cogswell in room 121, DiCicco Hall, and will feature 20 pianos and 38 elementary and high school piano students from Indiana, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Allegheny and Cambria counties. IUP piano faculty Henry Wong Doe will be directing the ensemble. The IUP Piano Ensemble, directed by IUP piano faculty Sun Min Kim will also be featured on the program. Tickets are $5 and available at the door.

In 1719, Bach performed in Berlin for an audience that included Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg. The margrave was deeply impressed with Bach and requested some compositions. Two years later, Bach sent “Six Concerti for Diverse Instruments” along with a dedication to Christian Ludwig. As far as is known, the margrave never had the pieces performed and also failed to pay the composer for them. The scores gathered dust, and at the margrave’s death they were sold for the modern equivalent of about 25 U.S. dollars. It wasn’t until 1849 that these scores were discovered in the archives of Brandenburg. Publication followed, and the works became known as the Brandenburg Concertos of Bach.

Each of the six concerti is unique and without parallel in the history of music. Bach employed daring combinations of instruments and wrote for them in ways that still challenge 21st-century musicians. While they are often presented separately, the six together create a majestic and unified structure that makes them even more thrilling as a group.

]]>Guest Cellist To Perform Multimedia Program on February 22https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=215461&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-02-15T14:22:53ZVisiting cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia will present a program of contemporary cello music titled “Not So Alone” on Monday, February 22, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Hall. The program will feature works for solo cello as well as works for cello and virtual, pre-recorded, or visual partners.

Mahave-Veglia describes his program in saying “The idea of creating musical polyphony, a fabric of multiple musical lines, for a monophonic instrument has intrigued composers for centuries. If Bach created the illusion of accompaniment with fast lines that blur the roles of foreground and background, some contemporary composers have gone ever further, adding electronic and video counterpoint to a one-man work.”

Cellist Mahave-Veglia will explore works for cello solo, some of them Not So Alone with the aid of electronics assistant Nate Bliton and whatever gear fits into their van The program includes works by Bill Ryan, Edgardo Cantón, Robert Muczynksy, Steve Reich, and Andrés Alcalde and also features visual works by Pedro Ayala, Charles Burchfield, Bliton, and Mahave-Veglia.

Mahave-Veglia will also present a master class (open lesson) for IUP music students on Monday, February 22, at 2:00 p.m. in Cogswell Hall. The concert and master class are free and open to the public.

Cellist Mahave-Veglia resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is associate professor of cello at Grand Valley State University. Mahave-Veglia is a cellist and teacher of broad interests whose repertoire ranges from the early baroque, performed on period instruments, to his ongoing interest in researching, performing, and recording the work of contemporary Latin-American composers. He counts among his musical influences his mother, the noted piano pedagogue Mercedes Veglia, as well as such artists/teachers as Arnaldo Fuentes, Steven Doane, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Janos Starker, and Uri Vardi.

Highlights of the current season include several performances of the Not So Alone program, a recital that focuses on the idea of creating polyphony (visual or musical) in works for cello with electronic and/or video counterpoint. With the collaboration of electronics assistant Bliton, this program of works by Andrés Alcalde, Bill Ryan, Steve Reich, Edgardo Cantón, and Robert Muczynski will be presented at St. Cloud State University, the Z Studio in Minneapolis, Minn., Calvin College (Michigan), Dog Story Theater in Grand Rapids, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and James Madison University, Va. Also this season he will be on the artist faculty at the Salta International Festival in Argentina, as well as performing the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Orquesta Clásica de Santiago in Chile.

The previous season, Mahave-Veglia was involved in the performance of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for cello and pianoforte utilizing period instruments and historical performance practices. Each of the three concerts was performed at Grand Valley State University and repeated in regional concert series, each featuring a different keyboard artist. Concerts took place at Eastern Michigan University, the Ann Arbor Early Music Academy, the Feeding the Soul of the City Series in Muskegon, Mich., the Colby Barn Early Music Series in Illinois, and Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

Previous endeavors include touring with a solo program of the Bach Cello Suites using original instruments, including a five-string violoncello piccolo. Recent concerts, classes, and lectures include performances at Ohio University, Converse College in South Carolina, Arizona Sate University, the SUNY at Fredonia, Queens College in Ontario, Canada, and the Universities of Iowa, Delaware, Kentucky, and Hong Kong Baptist University, among many others. His program of galant-style sonatas by London-based composers was performed at venues like the Fringe Concerts of the Boston Early Music Festival, the Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Festival in Kalamazoo, and in Chicago's Live from WFMT radio broadcast series.

An alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Mahave-Veglia holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Indiana University, and the Eastman School of Music. Additionally, he has attended such music festivals as Banff (Canada), NOI (Maryland), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), the Jerusalem International Festival (Israel), and the Schleswig-Holstein and Heidelberg Music Festivals (Germany). Mahave-Veglia is a former faculty member at the University of Evansville (Indiana), Ripon College (Wisconsin), St. Cloud State University (Minnesota), the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Madison Summer Cello Institute, the International Music Academy in Pilsen (Czech Republic), and the Eastern and Brevard Music Festivals (North Carolina). In addition, he has appeared as soloist or chamber musician in his native Chile, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica, Europe, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. In the United States he has performed at such venues as the Mammoth Lakes Chamber Music Festival (California), the Saugatuck Music Festival (Michigan), the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series in Chicago, the Elvehem Museum in Madison, Wisconsin, and in New York City at the Renee Weiler Hall, Bang on a Can Marathon, and le poisson rouge.

Professor Mahave-Veglia performs on a five-string baroque cello made by Chilean Luthier Marcelo Cigna in 1986. He also performs on a late 18th-century British cello restored to period setup by Ian Watchorn in 2005. His modern instrument is a 1790 William Forster on loan to him by an anonymous private collector.

Mahave-Veglia has recorded for the Eroica, Centaur, Audite, Ghostly International, and Innova labels. Visit his website.

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Marilyn R. Kukula2016-02-15T13:50:45ZTrumpetFest 2016 is scheduled for February 18 through 21 and will feature performances by IUP trumpet students and faculty and guest artist Dr. Joseph Nibley.

The programs being presented during the weekend include:

Thursday, February 18

8:00 p.m. Richard Williams / Nate McMahon (sax)

Friday, February 19

6:00 p.m. Michael Helwig / Max Klauscher (horn)

8:00 p.m. Dr. Kevin Eisensmith, IUP Faculty Trumpet Recital

Saturday, February 20

2:00 p.m. clinic by Dr. Joseph Nibley ("How to Find Recital Music")

4:00 p.m. Trumpet Studio Recital

6:00 p.m. Emily Brown / Ryan Gross

8:00 p.m. Dr. Joseph Nibley, Guest Artist Trumpet Recital

Sunday, February 21

1:00 p.m. Roxanne Person / Ryan Gerney (clarinet)

All events will be held in Gorell Recital Hall in the John Sutton Building and are free and open to the general public.

Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet professor at IUP, will present a recital of music for trumpet on Friday evening, February 19, at 8:00 p.m. Assisting will be Henry Wong Doe, Associate Professor of Piano, and Jacquelyn Kuehn, Instructor of Piano in the Department of Music. Christian Dickinson, Professor of Trombone, will perform Eric Ewazen's "An Elizabethan Songbook" with Eisensmith. Keith Young will accompany Eisensmith on his arrangement of a medley of two hymn tunes: "Be Thou My Vision" and "The King of Love My Shepherd Is."

Joseph Nibley will present a clinic on Saturday, February 20, at 2:00 p.m. and a recital that evening at 8:00 p.m. Nibley is the Principal Trumpet with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and is an active freelancer in the greater Tallahassee, Florida, area.

Additionally, Nibley serves as an Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at the University of South Alabama. Nibley recently earned his Doctor of Music degree at The Florida State University. He can be heard on the Naxos Label on the 2014 Florida State University Symphony Orchestra's recording of Ernst von Dohnanyi's Symphony No. 2. He has also recorded with the University of Michigan's iconic Symphony Band on two albums on the Equilibrium Label--Artifacts (2012) and Points of Departure (2013)--both of which feature him as soloist.

New music is a strong passion for Nibley, and he has premiered a number of works by composers including Michael Daugherty, Bright Sheng, Benjamin Taylor, and Stephenson. Recently, Nibley commissioned a sonata from Stephenson as a part of Nibley's dissertation research on the commissioning process and for use on upcoming tours to the western and southern United States. The sonata was premiered November 3, 2014.

All of these programs are free and open to the general public. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the IUP Music Department, please call 724-357-2390.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-02-09T14:01:03ZRyan Beeken recently served as the guest conductor for the Perry County Senior High Honor Choir near Harrisburg, Pa.

Originally scheduled for January 23, 2016, the Perry County Honor Choir was rescheduled to February 2 due to weather.

Featured are works by Bonneau, Cook, and two special works, the “Trombone Concerto” by IUP alumnus Anthony O’Toole and the “Elizabethan Songbook” by Eric Ewazen, with Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet, and Henry Wong-Doe, piano.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-02-05T13:45:38ZMUCS Jarrod Williams, tubist with the U.S. Naval Academy Band, taught a master class for the IUP tuba and euphonium studio and performed a recital in Gorell Recital Hall on February 4, 2016.

Williams has been playing professionally in the Baltimore/Washington area for nearly 20 years. He earned bachelor and master of Music degrees from the University of Kansas, and a doctor of Musical Arts in tuba performance from the University of Maryland in 2012. His teachers include Robert Loffler, Bill Hartman, Scott Watson, Max Bonecutter, Toby Hanks, and David Fedderly.

In addition to his military performance schedule with the United States Naval Academy Band, he enjoys performing with the Brass of the Potomac and the Bayfield Brass Quintet, coaching local middle and high school brass sections, and teaching tuba and euphonium at Anne Arundel Community College. He has also played with regional orchestras in Kansas, Missouri, and Maryland, and served as chairman of International Tuba and Euphonium Conference Competition committees in 1998 and 2010, respectively.

MUCS Williams auditioned and was selected for assignment with the Naval Academy Band in 1996. Following recruit training at RTC, Great Lakes, he reported for duty as tubist with the concert, marching, and ceremonial units. He was named principal tubist in 1998 and is currently the band's training officer and awards writer. An accomplished arranger, MUCS Williams' transcriptions have been performed by the Naval Academy Band's tuba quartet, brass quintet, brass ensemble, and ceremonial bands, as well as the Washington Symphonic Brass and Symphonia, a professional tuba ensemble.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-27T16:27:31ZThe IUP Clarinet Choir, directed by Rosemary Brumbelow, performed a program for students participating in District 4 Band on January 29, 2016, at Curwensville High School.

]]>IUP Hosts Northeast Horn Workshophttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=213241&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-25T20:30:30ZHeidi Lucas, assistant professor of Horn, and the IUP Department of Music hosted the Northeast Horn Workshop January 22–24, 2016. More than 300 student, amateur, and professional musicians registered to attend the conference.

The conference featured performances, master classes, and lectures from several of the leading performers and pedagogues on the horn. Additionally, competitions were held in the following divisions: solo, high and low horn mock auditions, quartet, composition, and jazz. The conference was organized by Heidi Lucas, assistant professor of Horn in the IUP Department of Music, and Jonas Thoms, instructor of Horn at Wright State.

The conference featured efforts from faculty, staff and students across the IUP College of Fine Arts. Events were held in Cogswell Hall, Gorell Recital Hall, and Fisher Auditorium as well evening jam sessions at Spaghetti Benders. Sixty music majors from Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Omicron, Phi Mu Alpha, Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association, and the IUP horn studio helped with setup, registration, stage crew, and tear down. In addition to Lucas, eleven IUP music faculty (Therese Wacker, Stephanie Caulder, Rosemary Brumbelow, Kevin Eisensmith, Zach Collins, Christian Dickinson, Keith Young, Mike Kingan, Sun Min Kim, Henry Wong Doe, and Timothy Paul), emeritus faculty member Jack Scandrett, Matthew Emanuelson (student), and the members of the IUP Horn Choir performed at the conference. Hank Knerr, Cate Planisky, Jeff Wacker, and Dave Surtasky from Lively Arts helped with production of the Genghis Barbie concert. IUP Department of Music secretaries Vickie Morganti and Meghan Moore aided with preparation of the program and logistics.

Featured Artists

Frøydis Ree Wekre

Horn soloist and teacher Frøydis Ree Wekre from Oslo, Norway, was studying piano and violin before turning to horn at the age of 17. Outside of Oslo, her studies have taken place in Sweden, Russia, and the USA.

After one year in the Norwegian Opera she joined the Oslo Philharmonic orchestra as co-principal, a position she left in 1991. She has been very active as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe and North America.

As a teacher, Wekre was professor of Horn and Chamber Music at the Norwegian Academy of Music until 2011. Nowadays she is travelling worldwide giving master classes. Currently she is also the international guest horn teacher at the RNCM in Manchester, England.

Her book, Thoughts on Playing the Horn Well, has been translated into several languages. More than 40 compositions are written for her, some of which have been recorded on the labels of SIMAX, CRYSTAL, and 2L.no.

Frøydis Ree Wekre is an honorary member of the International Horn Society since 1994, and she has been associated with the Sarasota Music Festival, USA, Banff Festival of the Arts, and Domaine Forget, Canada.

Pittsburgh Symphony Horn Section: William Caballero

During the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's 2011 European Festivals Tour, Caballero—and the Pittsburgh Symphony horn section he leads—received rave reviews. Michael Church of the Independent called Caballero "a principal horn whose pianissimo is simply miraculous," and Guy Dammann wrote in the Guardian, "The horn section—led very much from the front by their excellent principal William Caballero—is one of the best in the business." In its September 2012 review of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Exton recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 5, Gramophone magazine wrote, "Pittsburgh's first horn is as spectacular as any on disc."

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra season represents William Caballero's 25th year as its principal horn under the Maestros Lorin Maazel, Marris Jansons, and Manfred Honeck. Before joining the symphony in May 1989, Caballero previously held principal horn positions with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and Hartford Symphony. He held third horn positions with the Montreal Symphony and Montreal Opera and acting third horn with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. He has performed as guest principal horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the St. Louis Symphony. Born in New Mexico and reared in Wisconsin, Caballero's early horn studies included working under Larry Simons, Barry Benjamin, and Basil Tyler, as well as studying the piano and pipe organ. Caballero graduated from New England Conservatory in Boston where he studied with Richard Mackey and Thomas Newell, both former members of the Boston Symphony.

Currently, Caballero is the associate teaching professor of Horn at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music. Previously, he held teaching positions at Indiana University Bloomington, Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Duquesne University. He has been invited and presented master classes throughout the world, including Northwestern University, Colburn School of Music, New England Conservatory, University of Indiana Bloomington, Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, New World Symphony, and the Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories. The past two summers, he joined the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival as performer and teacher. For the previous seven summers, Caballero was on the faculty and performed at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan.

In January 2012, Caballero began collaboration with the Internet music teaching company ArtistWorks.com, based in Napa, California. His teaching website was released in September 2012 as the only complete horn teaching curriculum available via the Internet for horn students worldwide.

Caballero is also in demand as a chamber musician collaborating with musicians such as violinists Gil Shaham, Joseph Silverstein, and Philip Setzer and pianists André Previn, Christoph Eshenbach, Orli Shaham and Andre Watts. William has also performed and worked with jazz musician and composer Chris Brubeck, as well as ensembles that include the Tokyo String Quartet, Trio Johannas, Principal Strings of the Berlin Philharmonic, Center City Brass, Bay Chamber Concert Series, St. Barth's Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He is also a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, which includes fellow colleagues of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass section.

Recent chamber music performances include performing Brahms' Horn Trio in E-flat major with Gil and Orli Shaham in Zankel Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, and appearing several times live on National Public Radio's (NPR) Performance Today in NPR's Washington, D.C. studios.

Caballero solos regularly with the Pittsburgh Symphony, with his most recent collaboration as soloist under Maestro Honeck. In April 2014, Caballero performed the world premiere of Robert Levin Edition of Mozart's 1st Horn Concerto in D, and in September 2012 performed the Pittsburgh Symphony premiere of Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1. Previous solo performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have included Richard Strauss' Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat with Maestro Maazel, Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat with Maestro Andre Previn, Mozart Concerto fragments with Pittsburgh Symphony Concertmaster Andres Cardenes, Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and tenor Anthony Griffey, Schumann's Konzertstück in F for four horns and orchestra with his Pittsburgh Symphony horn colleagues under the baton of Maestro Sir John Elliot Gardener, and the John Williams Horn Concerto under the baton of Maestro Leonard Slatkin.

Other recent solo appearances outside of the Pittsburgh Symphony have included performances in Montenegro with Maestro Ronald Zollman and with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic at New York City's Carnegie Hall under the baton of former Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Dale Clevenger.

In May 1992, Caballero premiered Benjamin Lees' Concerto for Horn and Orchestra with the Pittsburgh Symphony under the baton of then-Music Director Lorin Maazel. Following the performances in Pittsburgh, he performed Lees' Concerto in Spain, Germany, and England with the Pittsburgh Symphony on tour. In May 1996, Caballero recorded the concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Lorin Maazel for New World Records.

Pittsburgh Symphony Horn Section: Stephen Kostyniak

Stephen Kostyniak joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as associate principal horn in 2006. Prior to taking this position, he was associate principal horn in the Utah Symphony. Born in Schenectady, New York, Kostyniak began French horn lessons at age eight. By the time he had graduated from high school he had performed in major music centers in the U.S. and Europe, including the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Tanglewood Music Center, the Kennedy Center, and Tschaikovsky Hall in Leningrad. He also performed in Moscow, Prague, Budapest, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and throughout Austria and Norway. At age 17, Kostyniak entered the Juilliard School in New York City where he studied with New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Horn Jerome Ashby. While there, he performed with the Philharmonic, the New Jersey and New Haven, Connecticut symphonies, recorded with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. On tour with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in 1995, he had the privilege of performing in the International Peace Concert broadcast worldwide from Hiroshima, Japan, as part of the ceremony in memoriam of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that city.

After earning his bachelor of music degree, Kostyniak spent one season as acting second horn in the San Antonio Symphony. In 1996 he joined the Utah Symphony, with which he recorded and performed for 10 seasons, including at the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics alongside such artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, and the Dixie Chicks. He has also been an active studio musician, performing the music for ABC's Wide World of Sports and numerous theatrical and made-for-TV movies.

An enthusiastic performer of new music, Kostyniak is a featured performer on Journey Pieces, an album of solo works by the composer Carl Vollrath. In 2005 he recorded Morris Rosenzweig's "A Table of the Most Used Chords for Horn Quartet" with his colleagues in the Utah Symphony, for whom the work was commissioned. He also gave numerous Utah premieres, including the trios of Gyorgy Ligeti and Charles Wuorinen, Thea Musgraves' "The Golden Echo" for horn and electronic tape, and was the solo hornist with the Utah Symphony in the 2007 Utah premiere of Olivier Messiaen's "Des canyons aux étoiles."

Since moving to Pittsburgh, in addition to his performances with the PSO, Kostyniak is a conductor of the Pittsburgh Horn Club.

Pittsburgh Symphony Horn Section: Zachary Smith

Appointed as assistant principal horn by Lorin Maazel, Zachary Smith has been a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 1996. Born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised in Falls Church, Virginia, Smith began horn lessons at age 12. He received his bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1982 and held the position of third horn with the Oklahoma Symphony from 1983 to 1988, principal horn with the Savannah Symphony from 1988 to 1994, and third horn with the Jacksonville Symphony from 1994 to 1996.

Active in the chamber music world, Smith plays regularly on concert series and recitals at Duquesne University as well as performances with the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project. In 2009, Smith played the Brahms Horn Trio on tour in China, performing in multiple cities. He has been featured as a soloist with the Savannah, Jacksonville, and Guangzhou symphonies, as well as with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Smith currently teaches horn at Duquesne University and has also been a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Atlantic University, and Oklahoma City University. He has been invited to Tianjin University in China numerous times as a guest teacher/performer and has also taught at Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Smith gave classes at the Eastman School of Music and the Northeast Horn Workshop in 2015.

Pittsburgh Symphony Horn Section: Robert Lauver

Bob Lauver has been a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its wonderful horn section since 2000. He has also been a member of the St. Louis, Columbus, Alabama, and Austin symphony orchestras.

Lauver's education started in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he studied with Neill Sanders, second hornist to Dennis Brain and recording artist with the Beatles. His studies continued at the Peabody Conservatory and Northwestern University.

Lauver has been a soloist with the St. Louis Symphony, and several times with the Pittsburgh Symphony, performing Schumann's "Konzertstück" on three separate subscription concert series. He also performed Mozart's "Horn Concerto #3" as soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony.

His teaching spans more than 30 years in Texas, St. Louis, at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL), and Carnegie Mellon University. Presently, Lauver is adjunct professor of horn at West Virginia University. He has been on the faculty of the Barry Tuckwell Institute for six summers teaching and performing alongside the legendary soloist and many of the country's finest teachers and performers.

In the summers, Lauver performs with the Grand Teton Music Festival, which attracts musicians from the greatest orchestras in the United States and abroad. He loves returning there with his wife and three daughters to enjoy the amazing scenery and to go hiking and backpacking.

Lauver considers life in Pittsburgh with the symphony and his lovely family a dream gig, and he is continually amazed when he pinches himself and realizes again and again he's still awake!

Pittsburgh Symphony Horn Section: Mark Houghton

Mark Tennyson Houghton was awarded the position of third horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in June 2014. Previously, he was principal horn of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony, and, most recently, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Dallas Morning News critic Scott Cantrell wrote of Houghton, "He had a tone of burnished elegance and amazing expressive range, and he delivered some protracted decrescendos that took the breath away."

Houghton was born in Long Beach, California, and raised in Keller, Texas. After some basic piano training, he began playing horn at age 12. His parents—who are professional horn players and teachers—were his first instructors. Advanced studies yielded a bachelor of music degree and performer's certificate from the Eastman School of Music as a student of W. Peter Kurau. Other notable teachers and mentors include Gregory Hustis and William VerMeulen.

Houghton has appeared with the Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Arizona Musicfest, Basically Beethoven Festival, the Hall Ensemble, Eastman Virtuosi, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He has toured domestically with the Eastman Wind Ensemble and abroad with the Eastman Horn Choir. In addition to his previous full-time principal horn positions, Houghton has performed as principal horn with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and the Dallas Wind Symphony. He has been a featured soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and the Phoenix Symphony, among others. Houghton was a prizewinner in the American Horn Competition and the International Horn Society's John Hawkins Memorial Solo Competition. Houghton was recently appointed as an adjunct faculty member at Duquesne University, and has appeared as an artist or guest clinician at multiple International Horn Society symposia, the Eastman School of Music, the University of North Texas, Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, Baylor University, Texas Christian University, the University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech University, Wichita State University and the Texas Music Educators Association convention.

Houghton is part owner of Houghton Horns, a family business that specializes in high-quality instruments, services, and accessories for horn players.

Pittsburgh Symphony Horn Section: Joseph Rounds

Horn player Joseph Rounds grew up in a musical family in a small town in Missouri where his father taught trumpet at Northwest Missouri State University and his mother taught piano. He earned a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music, his mother's alma mater, where he studied horn with Verne Reynolds. Studies continued with James Decker at the University of Southern California.

Since 1987, Rounds has been a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra serving as assistant principal, second, and fourth horn. Previously, he held positions with the Sacramento Symphony and the Sacramento Chamber Orchestra.

As an instructor of horn, Rounds is currently on the faculty of Duquesne University, as well as a frequent guest clinician at the Eastman School of Music.

He has attended many summer festivals, including Bellingham Music Festival, Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, and Buzzard's Bay Festival in Massachusetts. He performed as soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Schumann's "Konzerstück for Four Horns" in 2004 and 2015.

Rounds currently holds a third degree black belt from the Young Brothers Tae Kwon Do Institute under the guidance of Grand Master Young Bo Kong, and resides north of Pittsburgh with his wife.

Tom Varner

Tom Varner is internationally known as the foremost jazz French horn player of his generation and as an inventive, witty, and passionate composer, breaking new ground in his writing for small-group jazz. Over the years, he has composed for and led ensembles ranging from trios to big bands. As Nate Chinen (NY Times/Philadelphia City Paper) wrote in 2000, "Varner has a Mingus-like gift for intertwining complex counter-melodies in a manner that's more soulful than acrobatic. This approach creates countless opportunities for inspired improvisation, resulting in a marvel of cohesive ensemble writing and playing." At times, Varner's music reflects his former teachers Jaki Byard, George Russell, Steve Lacy (Varner played in his octet in the 90s), and jazz French horn master Julius Watkins, as well as other loves such as Stravinsky and Miles Davis.

Varner's newest project, Heaven and Hell, a new work for tentet, was premiered at the Seattle Art Museum and is now out on the OmniTone label. Varner's 11th CD, Second Communion, is a tribute to the 60's jazz pioneer Don Cherry. Varner's composition "Strident," from his ninth CD, Swimming, won the 2000 Jazz Composers Alliance Julius Hemphill Composition Award. Varner's eighth CD, The Window Up Above: American Songs 1770-1998 (New World), was featured on NPR's All Things Considered. Varner has been awarded residencies at the MacDowell, Blue Mountain, Centrum, and Civitella arts colonies, a grant from the NEA, 4Culture, the Jack Straw Foundation, and the Doris Duke Foundation/Chamber Music America New Works composer's grant. He is an annual DownBeat Critics Poll finalist. Varner has performed as a leader at the Vienna Konzerthaus (Parallel Worlds Festival), and the Seixal/Lisbon, Moers, Groningen, and Rotterdam Jazz Festivals, as well as countless appearances in New York and elsewhere in the USA, with sidemen Steve Wilson, Ed Jackson, Lee Konitz, Tony Malaby, Ellery Eskelin, Cameron Brown, Drew Gress, Dave Douglas, Mark Feldman, Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte, Billy Hart, and Tom Rainey.

As a sideman, Varner has worked in North and South America, Europe, Japan, and Russia, with leaders such as George Gruntz, Steve Lacy, Reggie Workman, Bobby Previte, John Zorn, the Mingus Orchestra, the Vienna Art Orchestra, Jamie Baum, Bobby Watson, Jane Ira Bloom, La Monte Young, Jim McNeeley, George Schuller, Peter Schaerli, Franz Koglmann, Butch Morris, Rabih Abou-Khalil, McCoy Tyner, and Quincy Jones with Miles Davis at Montreux in 1991. Varner wrote the music for the feature film Saints and Sinners and plays on over 70 other CDs as well.

After living in New York City for 26 years, Varner moved with his family to Seattle in fall 2005. Since the move, Tom has been active in the rich Pacific Northwest scene and has appeared at the Vancouver, Earshot, and Bumbershoot festivals, the Seattle Art Museum, Tula's, and the Good Shepherd Chapel, as a leader and sideman alongside many greats such as Mark Taylor (sax), Eric Barber, Francois Houle, Wayne Horvitz, Jim Knapp, Steve Griggs, and Phil Sparks. He is now adjunct horn instructor at the Cornish College of the Arts.

Genghis Barbie

Genghis Barbie, the leading post-feminist, all-female horn experience, is the most innovative and energizing chamber ensemble of its generation and beyond. With a combined 24 years of conservatory training, Genghis Barbie delivers to you a visceral and unadulterated musical adventure. Performing arrangements of pop music from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and today, contemporary commissions, and classical works, they are the most versatile and expansive group on NYC's classical/pop/rock/jazz/indie/alternative/punk/electro-acoustic scene. Genghis Barbie was incepted in a unique moment of ingenuity when Freedom Barbie, Cosmic Barbie, Velvet Barbie, and Attila the Horn converged and vowed to create distinctive, interactive and personal performances. In addition to their busy New York City performing schedule, the ladies of Genghis Barbie have performed as contributing artists at the 2011 International Horn Society Symposium in San Francisco, played Schumann's Konzertstück with the Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, and appeared on America's Got Talent. In May 2012, Genghis Barbie made their Carnegie Hall debut in the premiere of a new concerto for four horns, commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony. As educators, they have toured numerous universities presenting workshops, masterclasses, and lectures on musical entrepreneurship. They have released four studio albums: the self-titled debut album, the holiday album Genghis Barbie: Home for the Holidays, Genghis Baby: Songs for Noa, and the newly released Amp it Up! Genghis Barbie aspires to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres show within one calendar year.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-25T20:28:24ZGary Olmstead, IUP percussion professor emeritus, was honored in November 2015 as the founder of the Ohio University Percussion Ensemble.

The current OU Percussion Professor, Roger Braun, presented a 50th anniversary program in recognition of the first percussion ensemble concert at Ohio University. The first program was organized and directed by Olmstead in 1965 while serving as the graduate assistant in percussion from 1964–66.

The 2015 program included several pieces which were performed at the first concert. Olmstead served as director of Percussion Studies at IUP from 1966 to 2003.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-20T01:37:14ZEastern Standard is pleased to announce the release of a new digital album. Eastern Standard is comprised of Heidi Lucas (horn), Zach Collins (tuba), and Jacob Ertl (piano). Lucas and Collins are faculty members in the IUP Department of Music.

The recording is eponymously titled and features seven works for horn, tuba, and piano trio that have not previously been recorded. Three of the works (“Fragments II” by Christopher Wiggins, “Big Sky” by Frank Gulino, and “Jam-Bourrée” by Anthony O'Toole), were commissioned by the members of Eastern Standard. The album also includes works by Charles Ingram, Gary Kulesha, Elizabeth Raum, and James Stephenson. The album is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and other online retailers.

The recording was made possible through a grant from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Senate Research Committee. The project was completed in collaboration with faculty and interns from the Center for Media Production and Research in the Department of Communications Media. IUP Professor of Percussion Mike Kingan is also featured on the recording.

Beeken collaborated with colleagues from Colorado State University, the University of Missouri, and Ithaca College to share thoughts on honoring the diversity of our choral culture through human connection. These pathways included: creating community within the choral ensemble; partnering with other choral ensembles; encouraging a broader sense of humanity and responsibility through service- or social justice-minded projects; collaborating with choral composers; creating a safe rehearsal atmosphere; and relating to administrators via informed, practical assessment.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-17T23:48:28ZIUP piano professor Sun Min Kim returned from his residencies from two universities.

Visiting assistant professor Sun Min Kim was invited to be a guest artist at Marshall University in West Virginia (November 6, 2015) and at McNeese State University in Louisiana (November 10, 2015). He performed solo recitals and taught public masterclasses.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-17T23:45:10ZIUP piano professor Sun Min Kim performed two solo recitals at the Bogotà International Piano Festival in Bogotà, Colombia on December 3, 2015.

The Bogotà International Piano Festival featured three pianists selected over five days in December. Sun Min Kim performed a recital of works by Mozart, Schubert, Franck, and Scriabin. The same program was performed twice in one day: one at Auditorium of National Museum (Auditorio Museo Nacional) in Bogotà, another at Auditorio del Biblioparque Marques de San Jorge in Funza.

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]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-15T20:00:05ZThe IUP String Area is excited to host the first Crimson Hawks String Festival for alumni and high school students on Saturday, March 19, 2016. This one-day event will include string pedagogy sessions, Festival Orchestra and Cello Choir rehearsals for participants, and an informal recital featuring IUP faculty. The festival will feature special guest IUP alumnus Scott Laird and IUP faculty members Stanley Chepaitis and Linda Jennings.

The day will also showcase two regional violin makers—Robert Gordon and IUP alumnus John Thorell—who will have instruments for participants to play. The day will end with the Festival Concert featuring guests and participants. Although geared for IUP alumni and high school students, string players of all age and ability levels are welcome to attend the festival and explore the many facets of string playing. Registration Deadline: February 22, 2016. Please go to the IUP String Project for registration information.

Overview:

All sessions, recital, and concert will take place in Cogswell Hall, Room 121 on the IUP campus.

Participants should bring own instruments. Cellists should bring a rockstop. (A limited number of cellos and basses are available for those unable to bring their instruments.)

Participants will perform on the Festival Concert at the end of the day. Please bring black pants/skirt and bright colorful top for the Festival Concert.

A pizza lunch will be provided for all participants. Dinner will be on your own. There are many restaurants nearby.

Music will be made available after March 1.

The festival sessions throughout the day are free to registered participants and parents.

The Festival Concert and recital is free and open to the public. Family and friends welcome.

For information about Act 48 credit, contact Linda Jennings at ljenning@iup.edu or 724-356-2649.

Parking is available in the parking garage located behind Cogswell Hall. The garage may be accessed from either Grant Street or Papermill Avenue (download a campus map). Parking is free on Saturdays in the garage provided you do not park in a space that is reserved 24/7 (those spaces will be labeled with a placard). You may park in spaces with yellow lines as well as spaces marked "Reserved" that do not have a 24/7 placard.

Artist Bios

Scott Laird is an instructor of Music and Fine Arts coordinator at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, where he directs the orchestra and teaches courses in recording technology, classical guitar and piano, and music history. A native of Indiana, Pa., he earned his BS in Music Education and his MA in Violin Performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is an active string educator, performer, recording artist, and conductor. His orchestras have been recognized at the local, regional, and national level for their superior and musically mature performances.

Prior to his appointment to NCSSM in 2001, Laird was director of orchestras for Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md. from 1992–2001 and the districtwide string teacher for the Palmyra, Pa. school district from 1986–92. Highlights of his years as orchestra director at ERHS include concert tours of Scotland in 1999 and the Yucatan Peninsula in 1997, a featured performance of Dave Brubeck’s Mass “To Hope” as part of the MENC 2000 National Conference in Washington, D.C., and numerous performances for dignitaries in the Washington, D.C. region. While in Palmyra, he founded the Palmyra Bluegrass String Camp, a camp to teach string players with classical backgrounds the fundamentals of bluegrass music.

He is a member of Music Educators National Conference and the American String Teachers Association. He served as chair of the North Carolina Music Educators’ Association Orchestra Division from 2006–08 and continues to play an active role in that organization. Additionally, he is past president of the NC Chapter of the American String Teachers’ Association and has served as chair of ASTA’s National Committee on School Orchestras and Strings and cochair of the 2013 ASTA National Solo Competition. He is a frequent presenter at ASTA’s national conferences, speaking on topics ranging from electric strings to traditional pedagogy to more philosophical sessions that deal with student motivation and curriculum. His blog, Thoughts of a String Educator, is popular among the string education community worldwide.

Laird is nationally visible as an education specialist for D'Addario Strings, NS Design Violins, and Coda Bows, where he is a noted as an authority on string education, electric and MIDI string instruments, and their applications in the classroom. He has conducted many high school and middle school orchestra festivals throughout the United States and is in demand as a guest conductor of honors youth orchestras. In recent years, he has conducted the Maryland, South Carolina, Indiana, Florida, Georgia, Vermont, and Colorado all-state orchestras. He has held summer faculty positions at Interlochen Summer Arts Academy, UNC School of the Arts, Lamar Stringfield String Camps at Meredith College, the Alaska String Camps, Arlington Echo String Camps, and others.

He is also an active adjudicator, having served as a judge for a variety of orchestra and solo and ensemble festivals throughout the United States. He has studied conducting with William Hudson of the Fairfax, Va. Symphony and the University of Maryland. Laird is the recipient of the 2015 NCSSM Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2010 NC School of Science and Math Award for Exceptional Contribution in Classroom Innovation. In addition, Laird is a founding board member for KidzNotes, a not-for-profit El Sistema USA organization that promotes classical, orchestral music training for children in Durham’s poorest neighborhoods.

Laird is an active electric violinist and recording artist and has appeared on the Motown, REX, and Roadrunner record labels. His latest solo CD, Simple Gifts, features his writing and performing on a variety of string instruments with an emphasis on the electric violin. He is also well known for his electric violin work with the thrash metal band Believer. The Gospel Music Association nominated their album Dimensions for a Dove Award in 1993. In 2007, Scott collaborated with Motown artist and former student Mya, writing and performing the orchestration on the song “Nothing at All.” He has shared the stage with other well-known artists, including Dave Brubeck, Lost in the Trees, Mike Marshall, Joey Calderazzo, Jon Metzger, and others. In his spare time, Laird enjoys a variety of activities, including camping, road and mountain biking, and writing. He, his wife, Barbra, and their sons, Matthew, Joseph, and Cael, reside in Durham, N.C.

Stanley Chepaitis holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree as well as the coveted performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music. He has studied violin with John Celentano, Renato Bonacini, Carroll Glenn, and Raphael Bronstien. He has studied jazz composition and improvisation with John Blake, Bill Dobbins, and Rayburn Wright. He currently chairs the string faculty at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is first violinist of the Litton Quartet. His recent performances include recitals at the Eastman School’s Kilbourne Hall and at the academies of music in Zagreb, Croatia and Ljubliana, Slovenia. He has recently performed concerti with orchestra by Prokofiev, Dvorak, Beethoven, Bach, and Saint-Saens, as well as his own Paganini in the Vernacular for violin and orchestra.

Chepaitis has recorded three CDs of original works. His latest CD, Double Take, features works by Bach and Telemann alongside original jazz compositions based on those works. He has also recently released a recording of progressive rock compositions by heavy metal drummer Mike Barnett.

Chepaitis has created an innovative, holistic approach for teaching improvisation to string players of all ages and is much sought-after as a clinician. His recent clinics have taken him to Hannover, Germany; Michigan State University; Washington State University; Baldwin Wallace College in Cleveland; University of Ohio; University of Oregon; University of New Mexico; Eastern Washington University; Seattle; Wilmington, Del.; and the Pittsburgh Music Academy. He was a master clinician for the American String Teachers Association’s first Alternative Styles Conference and has since presented at ASTA conferences in Reno, Nevada and Kansas City, Detroit, Albuquerque, and Louisville, Ky.

Linda Jennings is associate professor of cello at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she also directs the IUP Cello Choir and the IUP String Project. Jennings received her bachelor of music in cello performance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She also holds a master of music in cello performance from the University of Southern California and a doctorate of music from the University of Texas at Austin. She has studied with cellists Geraldine Jennings, Janet Grieve, Parry Karp, Eleonore Schoenfeld, Uri Vardi, and Phyllis Young.

Jennings is active solo, chamber, and orchestra performer. She has played in orchestras throughout Texas, the Midwest, and Alaska and served as principal cellist for the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Alleghenies. In summer 2002, she was invited to serve as guest principal cellist of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in Thailand for the 70th birthday celebration of Thailand’s Queen Sirikit.

She has also appeared as soloist and chamber musician in concerts and festivals in the U.S., Mexico, France, Austria, Norway, Thailand, Indonesia, and Haiti. Currently, Jennings is a member of the Arcadia Trio and the Litton String Quartet, IUP’s faculty string quartet-in-residence. Jennings has also been invited to present master classes nationally in Wisconsin, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Oklahoma as well as internationally in Croatia, Thailand, and Haiti.

In addition to her performing and teaching career, Jennings is a strong proponent for string music education. From 1997–99, she served as director of the prestigious UT String Project, an internationally acclaimed teacher-training program for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, she directs a similar program, the IUP String Project, which she founded in 2004. The IUP String Project provides a comprehensive hands-on teacher string pedagogy program for IUP string majors and minors. In recent years, Jennings has been invited to teach and provide pedagogy training for music teachers in Haiti and Thailand. In 2014 she served as artistic director and guest artist for the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Cello Festival and Chiang Rai Youth Orchestra Cello Festival, the first festivals of this kind in Thailand.

]]>IUP’s “The Tender Land” Named Finalist in American Prize Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=212483&blogid=4329
“The Tender Land” won second place in the Opera Production category of the American Prize Competition. ]]>Matthew Burglund2016-01-15T13:59:07ZIUP’s Fall 2014 production of The Tender Land won second place in the Opera Production category of the American Prize Competition. The Tender Land was directed and produced by Tania Arazi Coambs, and the pit orchestra was conducted by Jack Stamp.

The American Prize is a series of new, nonprofit national competitions in the performing arts providing cash awards, professional adjudication, and regional, national, and international recognition for the best recorded performances by ensembles and individuals each year in the United States at the professional, college/university, church, community, and secondary school levels.

Administered by Hat City Music Theater, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Danbury, Connecticut, the American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually. The competitions of the American Prize are open to all U.S. citizens, whether living in this country or abroad, and to others currently living, working, and/or studying in the United States of America, its protectorates, and territories.

]]>Wong Doe Gives Piano Master Class at School of the Arts, Singaporehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=212470&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-14T21:19:50ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe gave a piano master class to three students at the School of the Arts in Singapore on January 12, 2016.

The School of the Arts (SOTA) is Singapore's leading pre-college institution for dance, drama, music, and studio art. The master class featured three piano majors ages 12 through 17, performing works by Medtner, Chopin, and Liszt. SOTA piano students and faculty, as well as private piano teachers from Singapore, attended the class.

]]>IUP String Project Still Accepting Applications for the Spring Semesterhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=212421&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-13T22:03:13ZThe IUP String Project, a community music education outreach program for children ages 5–18 in Indiana and the surrounding area, is now accepting applications for private lesson instruction on violin, viola, cello, and bass. Applications are due on January 19.

Lessons will begin the first week of February. For more information and an application, please visit the String Project website or contact Linda Jennings at ljenning@iup.edu or (724) 357-2649.

The IUP String Project curriculum consists of weekly private lessons and group lessons scheduled at different times throughout the year. Lessons are 30 minutes to one hour in length, depending upon the age and advancement of each student. Ensemble classes designed to reinforce concepts and techniques learned in private lessons as well as develop other musical skills, such as ensemble playing, leadership skills, etc., are included in the program.

At the end of each semester, students also have the opportunity to perform solo and ensemble pieces on recitals. Lessons, group classes, and recitals take place on the IUP campus and are taught by IUP music students.

The IUP String Project is designed to support the string programs in the public schools. Therefore, all students enrolled in the IUP String Project must also be enrolled in their school orchestra program, if one is available.

The IUP String Project is also provides a teacher-training program for IUP music students who are the teachers in the program. The program provides hands-on practical experience teaching one-on-one lessons, as well as, teaching groups in a classroom setting and conducting a string orchestra. In addition, teachers gain invaluable experience participating in recruiting programs in public and private schools, gaining teaching ideas and guidance at regular pedagogy meetings and receiving feedback on their teaching.

The IUP String Project is one of 43 similar programs joined under the auspices of the National String Project Consortium, dedicated to promoting string music education in the United States. As a member of the NSPC, the IUP String Project joins in addressing the two main issues facing string education today: 1) the low numbers of public schools that offer string music education programs to children, and 2) the critical shortage of string teachers in the U.S.

]]>Indiana Symphonic Winds/Concert Band To Hold Auditionshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=212177&blogid=4329
]]>Matthew Burglund2016-01-12T21:36:35ZAuditions for the Indiana Symphonic Winds/Concert Band will take place on Tuesday, January 19, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. in 121 Cogswell Hall, and on Monday, January 25, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. in 126 Cogswell Hall.

The audition will consist of approximately three to four minutes of music. Prospective ensemble members can select any music of their choosing that best demonstrates their performing ability on their chosen instrument. Whether an etude, solo, or both, suggested is something lyrical demonstrating tone, phrasing, and musicianship, and something demonstrating technique.

To schedule an audition, or to ask specific questions about the ensemble, please contact Jason Worzbyt at reedtip@iup.edu.

The ensemble performed recitals and gave master classes December 16–18, 2015, at Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pa.), Toms River High School (Toms River, N.J.), Emmaus High School (Emmaus, Pa.), Easton Area High School (Easton, Pa.), Avon Grove High School (West Grove, Pa.), and Octorara High School (Atglen, Pa.). In all, the faculty members interacted with well over 500 students.

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a summer school of the arts located on a 1,400-acre campus in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. Each summer, the principal camp program serves more than 5,400 gifted elementary, junior high, and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama while offering more than 175 performances during its Summer Arts Festival.

Zelenack’s duties will include: conducting the children's choir, supervising counselors, organizing all required paperwork, planning activities, delivering important announcements and information to campers and counselors, assisting campers that need special attention, and communicating with camper parents.

]]>Beeken Conducts in New York Finger Lakeshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=212144&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2016-01-12T16:53:17ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken served as the 2016 guest conductor for the Onondaga County Music Education Music Festival.

Nearly 320 students participated in the two-day festival. Nestled in the New York finger lakes region, Marcellus High School and IUP alumnus Director of Bands Michael Cirmo served as the the festival host.

]]>Caulder Serves as Guest Conductor for Westmoreland Senior High County Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=209386&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-12-10T18:58:07ZStephanie Caulder served as the guest conductor for the Westmoreland County Music Educators Association Senior High County Band on December 3–4, 2015.

The festival took place at Belle Vernon Area High School and was hosted by IUP music alumnus Mark Surovchak. The ensemble featured 111 high school students representing 17 schools in Westmoreland county.

]]>Collins Conducts Cambria County Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=209103&blogid=4329
Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-12-08T13:14:08ZZach Collins conducted the 2015 Cambria County Senior High Band on December 4. The festival was held at Cambria Heights Senior High School.

]]>Voice Professor Records “Dichterliebe” for Radio Television Hong Konghttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=208762&blogid=4329
A recording of “Dichterliebe” by new IUP voice faculty member Oliver Lo
was broadcasted by Radio Television Hong Kong on Sept 27, 2015, and is
available online.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-12-01T21:44:41ZA recording of “Dichterliebe” by new IUP voice faculty member Oliver Lo was broadcasted by Radio Television Hong Kong on Sept 27, 2015.

Program

]]>Music Alumna Coleman Releases New Compact Disc Recordinghttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=208487&blogid=4329
Donna Coleman (IUP 1974), an American-born pianist who has lived in
Australia for the past 20 years, is pleased to announce the release of
her new compact disc recording, The Lost Lady. ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-11-29T15:30:15ZDonna Coleman (IUP 1974), an American-born pianist who has lived in Australia for the past 20 years, is pleased to announce the release of her new compact disc recording, The Lost Lady. It is the second fully self-produced album she has created for her label, OutBach®.

The first album on her label, Don't Touch Me, was lauded as "a beautiful recording event. . . . Everything here is a rare musical success, thanks to the serene majesty of the interpretation, the tone color, the presentation, and the interest and curiosity that these compositions arouse" by Musicologie.

These discs join two critically acclaimed collections of the music of Charles Ives (Et'Cetera Records) and two ABC Classics (Sydney, Australia) releases, Rags to Riches: A Syncopated Century and Havana to Harlem. Donna has also recorded, for Master Musicians Collective, the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra composed for her by IUP Professor Emeritus Daniel Perlongo, and John Anthony Lennon's “Death Angel: metamorphosis,” also composed for her.

All of Donna Coleman's compact discs are available on iTunes and Amazon.com. The Lost Lady can be previewed, ordered, and downloaded at CD Baby.

For a limited time, CD Baby is offering one-cent shipping (to anywhere in the world) for orders of three or more. The perfect Christmas gift!

The Lost Lady criss-crosses the Atlantic Ocean in search of the meaning of Life and Love, with the music of J.S. Bach, Chopin, Cervantes, Lecuona, de la Vega, Joplin, Albright, Bolcom, and Cionek as her roadmap to the stars. Gathering repertory from J.S. Bach to Fryderyk Chopin to composers associated with the 1960s Ragtime revival William Bolcom and William Albright, she explores the diverse and seemingly unrelated musical styles from all sides of the Atlantic Ocean that coalesced ultimately into Ragtime and Jazz. The role of Cuba as a significant stop on the Transatlantic Slave Trade c. 1500-1860 is homaged by weaving selected Danzas Cubanas (OutBach® CN001) by Ignacio Cervantes into the musical and written narrative. Other composers whose works complete the saga include Scott Joplin, Ernesto Lecuona, Aurelio de la Vega, and Edmund Cionek. Coleman's extensive liner notes including compositional analysis documents the historical, cultural, and stylistic links between the works, as they trace the often heart wrenching story of The Lost Lady.

]]>Beeken Conducts Honor Choirs Across Pennsylvaniahttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=208400&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken worked with nearly 400 high school students from across the state during the month of November 2015. Beeken was invited by working teachers to interact with high school students in a festival choir setting. He selected repertoire, lead students in rehearsal and performance, and]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-11-24T15:48:15ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken worked with nearly 400 high school students from across the state during the month of November 2015.

Beeken was invited by working teachers to interact with high school students in a festival choir setting. He selected repertoire, lead students in rehearsal and performance, and was ultimately charged with providing all involved with a quality musical experience.

Participating students were from Columbia, Montour, and Armstrong counties.

]]>Faculty Brass Quintet Presents Recitalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=207920&blogid=4329
The HoodleBug Brass will present its fall recital on Tuesday, December 1, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall in Sutton Hall. The program, which will feature music of Russian composers and selections for the season, is free and open to the public.]]>Mr. Christopher Michael Brown2015-11-14T23:10:21ZThe HoodleBug Brass will present their fall 2015 recital on Tuesday, December 1, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall in John Sutton Hall on the IUP campus. This program is free and open to the general public. The program will feature music of Russian composers and selections for the season.

In October 2015, the HoodleBug Brass traveled to Russia to participate in brass festivals held in St. Petersburg and Moscow. They also presented master classes at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music Academy in St. Petersburg and at the Moscow Conservatory. While in Russia, the quintet discovered numerous works for brass quintet by various composers. Featured will be works by Boris Anisimoff, Vassily Solovjev-Sedoy, and Vitaliy Buyanovsky.

Following intermission the quintet will perform several holiday favorites, including works from the quintet’s Christmas Postcards compact disc. Featured will be arrangements by IUP music faculty Keith Young and Zach Collins.

The HoodleBug Brass is the brass quintet-in-residence at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is comprised of the four full-time brass faculty within the Department of Music and the assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts. The ensemble performs regularly on the IUP campus and presents numerous clinics and concerts in public schools and churches throughout the region each year.

The HoodleBug Brass released its first compact disc, titled Brass Fac’s, in March 2004. Their second disc, Off the Trac’s, was released in October 2009. The quintet released its first commercial compact disc in 2012. Titled Christmas Postcards from the HoodleBug Brass, the disc features 15 tracks of music for the Christmas season, including several arrangements written especially for the HoodleBug Brass. Copies of the CD will be available for purchase following the recital. The cost of the CD is $10. Interested individuals may also purchase digital downloads of the disc through iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, or by going to the HoodleBug Brass website.

A “HoodleBug” is a local term for “doodlebug,” the name given to a single-car, self-propelled train or trolley. At the southern end of the IUP campus can be found the Hoodlebug Trail. This is a six-mile recreation and commuter trail located in the central portion of Indiana County.

For more information regarding this and other programs, please call the Department of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, at 724-357-2390.

]]>Hetrick Wins MTNA State Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=207682&blogid=4329
Senior Music Education major Sarah Hetrick won the Music Teachers National Association state level Young Artist Woodwind category. For this competition, she prepared and performed a 30-minute recital of an extremely challenging solo saxophone repertoire with IUP alumni piano accompanist, Andrew Milliken. Hetrick i]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-11-11T15:40:33ZSenior Music Education major Sarah Hetrick won the Music Teachers National Association state level Young Artist Woodwind category.

For this competition, she prepared and performed a 30-minute recital of an extremely challenging solo saxophone repertoire with IUP alumni piano accompanist, Andrew Milliken.

Hetrick is now Pennsylvania's woodwind representative for the Eastern Division competition to be held in January at Rowan University in N.J., with a chance to compete at the National Competition in April.

Hetrick performs as principal saxophonist with the IUP Wind Ensemble, as well as lead alto saxophonist with the IUP Jazz Ensemble. After graduation this May, Sarah is planning to work toward a Masters in music performance degree next fall.

]]>IUP Jazz Ensemble to Present Fall Concerthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=207438&blogid=4329
]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-11-06T16:39:12ZThe IUP Jazz Ensemble, led by Kevin Eisensmith, will present its annual fall jazz concert on Friday, November 13. The performance will be held at 8:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center on the IUP campus.

The concert will begin with W. Roy Mitchell’s arrangement of “Back Home Again in Indiana.” This arrangement has served as the ensemble’s “theme song” since 1991.

Featured will be the IUP Hawkapellas, a jazz acappella singing group. They will perform “Royals” by Lorde and Ariana Grande’s “Bang Bang.” The Hawkapellas will then join the IUP Jazz Ensemble for a Greg Yazinitsky arrangement of “Jump, Jive and Wail.”

Other works to be performed include Patti Darling’s “Vortex (Endless Winter),” Rich DeRosa’s “The Rat Race,” and a Fred Sturm arrangement of “Black Friday,” originally performed by Steely Dan.

Heidi Lucas, horn professor, and members of the IUP Horn Studio will be featured on an original composition by Patrick Williams titled “There You Go Again.” The concert will conclude with a Bob Curnow arrangement of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays’ composition “Beat 70.”

Tickets are available by visiting the IUP HUB Box Office on Pratt Drive, by calling 724-357-1313, or by ordering online. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Join us for an exciting evening of big band jazz! For more information regarding this and other programs, please call the Department of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, at 357-2390.

]]>IUP Trumpets to Present Two Recitals on November 12https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=207434&blogid=4329
The IUP Trumpet Ensemble will present its annual fall recital on
Thursday, November 12, in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell music building on
the IUP campus. The program, which is free and
open to the general public, begins at 6:00 p.m.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-11-06T14:25:37ZThe IUP Trumpet Ensemble will present its annual fall recital on Thursday, November 12, in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell music building on the IUP campus. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m., and is free and open to the general public. Kevin Eisensmith directs the IUP Trumpet Ensemble.

The program will feature numerous pieces for the 22-member ensemble, along with works for smaller groups. The performance will begin with Bernard Fitzgerald’s original composition “Trumpet Guild Fanfare,” which was premiered at the 1982 ITG Conference. Two works by Richard Byrd, trumpet professor at Eastern Kentucky University, will be performed, as will Wes Nance’s “A Brief Adventure,” which was premiered at the 2014 ITG Conference held in Columbus, Ohio. The program will conclude with Dennis Horton’s work “Kaleidoscope,” which was commissioned by the IUP Trumpet Ensemble and had its premiere at the 2006 ITG Conference held in Glassboro, New Jersey.

The IUP Trumpet Ensemble includes both music majors and non-music majors, who audition for acceptance into the group. This concert will be followed by the IUP Trumpet Studio Recital, which will begin at 8:00 in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell music building on the IUP campus. Featured will be members of the IUP Trumpet Studio.

For more information about the IUP Trumpet Ensemble recital, please contact Eisensmith at 724-357-1246.

]]>Student Very Selected to Participate in State Conducting Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=207079&blogid=4329
Anna Very, senior music education major, was one of six undergraduate choral conductors chosen to compete at the 2015 Pennsylvania-American Choral Directors Association Undergraduate Conducting Competition. Very prepared two rehearsals for the competition and worked with a choir from Lower Dauphin High School. Ver]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-11-04T23:10:56ZAnna Very, senior music education major, was one of six undergraduate choral conductors chosen to compete at the 2015 Pennsylvania-American Choral Directors Association Undergraduate Conducting Competition.

Very prepared two rehearsals for the competition and worked with a choir from Lower Dauphin High School.

]]>Beeken Presents Invited Session for National Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=207078&blogid=4329
On October 26, 2015, Ryan Beeken, director of Choral Studies, presented the invited session “Color Outside the Lines, Think Outside the Box: Empowering Creativity and Collaboration in the Choral Rehearsal” for the National Association for Music Education National In-Service Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Beeken]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-11-04T23:05:33ZOn October 26, 2015, Ryan Beeken, director of Choral Studies, presented the invited session “Color Outside the Lines, Think Outside the Box: Empowering Creativity and Collaboration in the Choral Rehearsal” for the National Association for Music Education National In-Service Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Beeken detailed characteristics that effective conductor-teachers share and also what makes a rehearsal inspired and productive. This was used to create a framework teachers could utilize to create effective rehearsal strategies that illicit collaboration and critical thinking from choristers.

]]>Additional Opportunities to Hear Cantushttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=206777&blogid=4329
The IUP Libraries and the Lively Arts will feature the men's vocal ensemble Cantus in their first noontime outreach as part of the Mary Jane Schafer Memorial series. It takes place from 12:00–1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2015, in the Stapleton Library Commons
next to Java City.
The public]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-10-29T19:09:21ZThe IUP Libraries and the Lively Arts will feature the men's vocal ensemble Cantus in their first noontime outreach as part of the Mary Jane Schafer Memorial series. It takes place from 12:00–1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2015, in the Stapleton Library Commons
next to Java City.

The public is invited to meet a group who has been hailed as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States” in an informal setting in the Library. Those attending will get a chance to hear a small sampling of their music and ask questions in advance of their
concert in Fisher Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on November 7.

Cantus was founded on the ideals of collaborative music making, which shows when the group works together to reach new levels of artistic excellence, innovation, and audience engagement. They perform more than 60 concerts each year in national and international touring and in
their home of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

For their musical achievements, Cantus has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Chorus America’s highest honor, the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence (2009), as well as Chorus America’s Education Outreach Award (2011). The ensemble was also the 2010–11
Artist in Residence on Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media’s Performance Today.

For more information on this outreach, contact the Lively Arts at 724-357-4565, or the coordinator for Arts-in-Education Services for the Lively Arts, Jeff Wacker, at
jwacker@iup.edu.

Tickets to their November 7 performance are available at the IUP HUB Box Office on Pratt Drive, by calling 724-357-1313, or by
ordering online.

]]>Denison Research on Harmonic Discrimination Publishedhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=206697&blogid=4329
Craig Denison's research on the testing of pitch discrimination of simultaneous tones is now available in the Journal Research Perspectives in Music Education.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-10-28T19:58:50ZCraig Denison's research on the testing of pitch discrimination of simultaneous tones is now available in the Journal Research Perspectives in Music Education.

Denison's article described and analyzed his development of a structured test of harmonic discrimination. The test measures a students ability to isolate individual pitches in a chord, known in autism research as disembedding. The test proved to have high reliability and promising validity in isolating cognitive functioning of this musical process.

]]>Cellist and Pianist to Perform Guest Recitalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=205542&blogid=4329
Visiting cellist Benjamin Whitcomb and pianist Vincent
deVries will present an afternoon of chamber music on Saturday, October 31,
2015, at 2:00 p.m. in Cogswell Hall, Room 121. Admission is free.
The
program will feature the Twelve Variations on “Ein Madchen oder
Weibchen” by Ludwig van Beethoven, and ]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-10-20T19:47:20ZVisiting cellist Benjamin Whitcomb and pianist Vincent
deVries will present an afternoon of chamber music on Saturday, October 31,
2015, at 2:00 p.m. in Cogswell Hall, Room 121. Admission is free.

The
program will feature the Twelve Variations on “Ein Madchen oder
Weibchen” by Ludwig van Beethoven, and sonatas for cello and piano by Sergei
Rachmaninoff and Edvard Grieg. Both guest artists will also present master
classes for IUP string students at 1:30 p.m. and piano students at 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, October 30.

Benjamin
Whitcomb is a professor of cello and music theory at the University of
Wisconsin–Whitewater, where he has received awards for his teaching, research,
and service. An active recitalist and chamber musician, he performs more than
30 concerts a year around the country and overseas.

He
is a member of the Ancora String Quartet and the UW-Whitewater Piano Trio.
Whitcomb is a frequent guest clinician and performer at universities and
conferences throughout the country and abroad. His book, The Advancing Cellist's Handbook, has received rave reviews from Strings magazine plus the journals of
ASTA and AUSTA. Companion books for the other bowed string instruments were
published in 2013. He is a contributing author to Sharpen Your String Technique and Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra.

At UW–Whitewater, Whitcomb initiated and continues to coordinate the
Theory/History Colloquium speaker series, the Musical Mosaics Faculty Concert
Series, the Chancellor's Quartet program, and the Summer String Camp. He is a
graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Oklahoma State University.

Vincent
deVries is an active performer, presenting recitals as a collaborative artist,
soloist, duo pianist, and organist. Prior to his appointment at Yonsei
University in Seoul, Korea, he was serving as an assistant professor of piano
and director of collaborative piano at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He
also served as an assistant instructor at the University of Texas at
Austin, teaching instrumental accompanying to undergraduate and graduate
students.

DeVries received his DMA degree from the University of Texas
at Austin. He also holds a performer’s diploma from the Royal Conservatory in
the Hague, the Netherlands, and a master’s degree from Bowling Green State
University.

He
is the recipient of many scholarships and has won awards in several
competitions, among them first prize in the National Young Artist Competition
in the Netherlands and first prize in the Sydney Wright Accompanying
Competition at the University of Texas at Austin.

In
addition to his piano performances, deVries is a highly regarded concert
organist with over 300 solo recitals and eight organ solo CD releases to his
credit. In 2003, he received the silver medal from the Arts, Sciences, et
Lettres in Paris for his contributions to the French organ literature.
His recent CD releases include Into the
21st Century: music for horn and pianoand
In a Lyrical Way with Jeffrey Powers. All
recordings were released on the MSR Classics label.

]]>Wong Doe Performs at Brussels Piano Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=205494&blogid=4329
IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed a solo recital at the Brussels Piano Festival in Brussels, Belgium on October 13, 2015. The series featured four pianists selected internationally over four weeks in October. The recital was held in the beautiful Gothic Hall in the Grand Place in Brussels. Professor Won]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-10-19T20:58:26ZIUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed a solo recital at the Brussels Piano Festival in Brussels, Belgium on October 13, 2015.

The series featured four pianists selected internationally over four weeks in October.

The recital was held in the beautiful Gothic Hall in the Grand Place in Brussels.

Professor Wong Doe performed a recital of works by Beethoven, Liszt, Ginastera, and New Zealand composer Gareth Farr.

The recital ended with Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition.

]]>New Work for Organ, Voices, and Woodwind Quintet to be Premieredhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=205426&blogid=4329
The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Music will present the premiere of Dan Locklair's INITIAL MEMORIES: A Divertimento for Organ and Wind Quintet, on Saturday, November 7, at 3 p.m. A pre-concert presentation by the composer will be given at 2:15 p.m. Both the concert and presentation are free and open ]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-10-17T05:35:19ZThe College of Fine Arts and the Department of Music will present the premiere of Dan Locklair's INITIAL MEMORIES: A Divertimento for Organ and Wind Quintet, on Saturday, November 7, at 3 p.m.

A pre-concert presentation by the composer will be given at 2:15 p.m. Both the concert and presentation are free and open to the public. In addition, all are cordially invited to a reception that will immediately follow the concert.

INITIAL MEMORIES will be presented by members of the IUP music faculty including: Dr. Joseph Baunoch, bass; Dr. Rosemary Brumbelow, clarinet; Dr. Stephanie Caulder, oboe; Dr. Christine Clewell, organ; Dr. Mary Logan Hastings, soprano; Dr. Heidi Lucas, French horn; Dr. See-Yin Lo, tenor; Dr. Therese Wacker, flute; and Dr. Jason Worzbyt, bassoon. In the third movement, the alto vocal part will be sung by Brianna Brickner (IUP '13). The pre-concert event and the performance will take place in the DiCicco Rehearsal Hall, in Cogswell.

A four-movement divertimento, INITIAL MEMORIES was conceived to highlight the unique tonal aesthetic of the Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee Memorial Organ, built by R. J. Brunner & Company, of Silver Spring, Pa. The composition was commissioned by IUP in honor of the newly installed organ, which is being used by special arrangement with the American Guild of Organists (AGO).

Named the AGO Distinguished Composer of the Year in 1996, Dan Locklair is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, N.C.. His compositional catalog, influenced by a wide variety of traditions, includes internationally performed symphonic works, a ballet, an opera, and numerous solo, chamber, vocal, organ, and choral compositions.

In addition to the Locklair's INITIAL MEMORIES, this concert will also include organ solo and ensemble works that showcase the unique tonal design of the PYMO. Other works to be performed are by Johann Sebastian Bach, PDQ Bach, Gladys Fisher, Libby Larsen, John Knowles Paine, and Wayne Bernard Sanders. The first movement of the Keyboard Concerto in D, BWV 1052, will be performed by IUP string professor, Dr. Stanley Chepaitis, viola; Swana Chepaitis, violin, and IUP students. An organ duet will be performed by Dr, Clewell and IUP alumnus, Vincent Ryan ('94 and MA '95).

On the eve of the premiere, Friday, November 6, there will be a "Meet-the-Composer" presentation featuring Dan Locklair. This portion of the itinerary will be facilitated by IUP Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition Dr. John Levey. Beginning at 5 p.m. in the DiCicco Rehearsal Hall, Cogswell, this event is also free and open to the general public.

]]>Music Faculty Performs in Russiahttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=205082&blogid=4329
The IUP Faculty Woodwind and Brass Quintets departed for Russia on Sunday, October 11, 2015, to begin a 10-day tour of St. Petersburg and Moscow. The two quintets performed a preview concert on Thursday, October 8 (see photos). Their tour program features works by American composers for woodwind quintet and brass qu]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-10-09T02:30:32ZThe IUP Faculty Woodwind and Brass Quintets departed for Russia on Sunday, October 11, 2015, to begin a 10-day tour of St. Petersburg and Moscow.

The two quintets performed a preview concert on Thursday, October 8 (see photos). Their tour program features works by American composers for woodwind quintet and brass quintet, as well as two works for a 10-piece double quintet. The featured composers include 1965 IUP alumnus Jim Self, as well as a newly commissioned work by Los Angeles-based composer Robert Litton.

The musicians will perform six concerts and two master classes in St. Petersburg. In Moscow the group will give two master classes and one performance as part of Moscow Brass Days, held annually at the world-renowned Moscow Conservatory.

]]>IUP Music Theater Recruiting Young Performershttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=204728&blogid=4329
IUP Music Theater is recruiting young performers (non-singing), ages five
to nine, for “The Magic Flute” by
Mozart, presented on October 31 at 7:00 p.m. and November 1 at 2:00 p.m. in Fisher
Auditorium.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-10-02T19:24:13ZIUP Music Theater is presenting the infamous The Magic Flute by Mozart on October 31 at 7:00 p.m. and November 1 at 2:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium. We are recruiting young performers (non-singing) ages five to nine.

Rehearsals will be Saturday, October 31, from 4:00–6:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 1, from 1:00–1:30 p.m.

Performances will be Saturday, October 31, from 7:00–10:00 p.m. (Halloween) and Sunday, November 1, from 2:00–5:00 p.m.

Young Performers Will Need:

A bird costume

or/and

An animal costume

If the young performer has one costume, he/she will perform in one scene. If the young performer has two costumes, then he/she will perform in two scenes.

Guardians Should Provide:

Transportation: One guardian will need to stay in the backstage area during rehearsal and performance.

]]>Collegiate Chapter of American Choral Directors Association Hosts Alumnus Munsonhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=204686&blogid=4329
The IUP student chapter of the American Choral
Directors Association offered sessions to aspiring choral professionals
from the IUP community. Singers, conductors, and music lovers from
across campus interacted with Mark Munson, director of
choral activities at Bowling Green State University. ]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-10-01T23:47:17ZThe IUP student chapter of the American Choral Directors Association offered sessions to aspiring choral professionals from the IUP community.

Singers, conductors, and music lovers from across campus interacted with IUP alumnus Mark Munson, director of choral activities at Bowling Green State University. Munson led students in choral rehearsals, worked with student conductors, and provided insight on how to work effectively with adolescent men.

In addition to his duties at Bowling Green, Munson also serves as the president-elect for the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association.

]]>IUP To Host More Than 160 Chorus Studentshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=204685&blogid=4329
On Tuesday, October 6, the IUP Choral Program will host the second annual Crimson Hawk Invitational Choral Conference.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-10-01T23:37:31ZOn Tuesday, October 6, 2015, the IUP Choral Program will host the second annual Crimson Hawk Invitational Choral Conference.

This year’s conference welcomes over 160 students from nearly 30 school districts across Pennsylvania. Students will be led in choral rehearsals and performance by Craig Denison from the IUP Department of Music and Julie Yu from Kansas State. Teachers in attendance will participate in four hours of continuing education sessions lead by the IUP director of choral studies, Ryan Beeken.

A public performance will be presented by the high school choirs, the IUP Chorale, and the Hawkapellas at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium. Admission is $3.

]]>Beeken is Guest Artist at Bowling Green State Universityhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=204684&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken recently returned from a residency at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-10-01T23:28:27ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken recently returned from a residency at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio.

Beeken conducted rehearsals with the A Cappella Choir, Collegiate Chorale, and University Choral Society. In addition, he lectured for the music education department on program building, repertoire, and rehearsal techniques and led a master class with graduate students in choral conducting.

]]>IUP Community Music School Band Part of Homecoming Concerthttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=204424&blogid=4329
The Indiana Symphonic Winds, the community band for IUP Community Music School, will perform its first concert of the fall semester at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, in Fisher Auditorium as part of the IUP Music Department’s Homecoming Concert, titled “A New Beginning.”
The performance will be the ]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-30T16:51:16ZThe Indiana Symphonic Winds, the community band for IUP Community Music School, will perform its first concert of the fall semester at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, in Fisher Auditorium as part of the IUP Music Department’s Homecoming Concert, titled “A New Beginning.”

The performance will be the first for the ensemble since being combined with the IUP Concert Band, one of the three wind bands within the Music Department. The other two ensembles—the IUP Wind Ensemble and the IUP Symphonic Band—will also perform in the concert.

The combined ensemble now features the talents of IUP music students, IUP students with other majors, high school students who have been recommended by their band director to participate under scholarship, and members from the community. It is conducted by music faculty member
Jason Worzbyt.

The concert is also the debut of
Timothy Paul, the senior wind band director and conductor of the Wind Ensemble, as he begins his tenure at IUP following the recently retired director of Band Studies, Jack Stamp.

More information about the Homecoming Concert and tickets may be found on a
previous news post. Additional information about the IUP Community Music School, including the other ensembles, classes, and private lessons that are offered, may be found on the
IUPCMS website, or by e-mailing
community-music@iup.edu.

]]>Indiana Musicale Hosts Dorothy Sutton Performance Festivalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=204403&blogid=4329
Indiana Musicale, the Indiana chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, hosted its Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival in Cogswell and Gorell halls on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Festival participants included five local piano students and one IUP piano major. The guest adjudicator was Nanette Kaplan]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-30T13:50:12ZIndiana Musicale, the Indiana chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, hosted its Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival in Cogswell and Gorell halls on Saturday, September 26, 2015.

Festival participants included five local piano students and one IUP piano major. The guest adjudicator was Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano professor emerita of Slippery Rock University.

Four of the six participants qualified to perform at the State Level Festival on November 7 at Elizabethtown University.

IUP piano professors Henry Wong Doe (president of IMTA), Sun-Min Kim, and IMTA member Evan Engelstad also performed at the festival.

]]>IUP Trumpet Studio Travels to Cleveland to Hear Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in Concerthttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=204343&blogid=4329
Seventeen members of the IUP Trumpet Studio traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, on September 24 to hear the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra's season-opening performance of Mozart's "Symphony No. 41" (Jupiter) and "An Alpine Symphony" by Strauss. Following the performance, Michael Sachs, principal trumpeter with the CSO, met w]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-29T13:40:36ZSeventeen members of the IUP Trumpet Studio traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, on September 24 to hear the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra's season-opening performance of Mozart's "Symphony No. 41" (Jupiter) and "An Alpine Symphony" by Strauss.

Following the performance, Michael Sachs, principal trumpeter with the CSO, met with the students for an hour and answered questions about trumpet playing and life as an orchestral trumpet player.

The following morning, the group toured the Conn-Selmer Factory in East Lake, Ohio, where brass instruments of all types are manufactured. The students also had the opportunity to try out numerous instruments in the showroom before returning to IUP.

Matt Barabas, general manager of Volkwein's Music in Pittsburgh, and Rick Hanby, regional manager for the Conn-Selmer Corporation, provided logistical and financial support for this trip.

]]>Denison to Present Poster at Society of Music Teacher Education Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=203072&blogid=4329
Craig Denison’s research poster “Transitions to Teacherhood: Reflections on Becoming Music Teachers” will be presented to the Society of Music Teacher Education September 17–19 at the Society’s 2015 conference in Greensboro, N.C. The poster investigates a music education student’s journey to becoming and identifying]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-14T22:28:30ZCraig Denison’s research poster “Transitions to Teacherhood: Reflections on Becoming Music Teachers” will be presented to the Society of Music Teacher Education September 17–19 at the Society’s 2015 conference in Greensboro, N.C.

The poster investigates a music education student’s journey to becoming and identifying him or herself as a teacher. Although the process of becoming a music teacher has similar curricular and training requirements, the socialization process can be a unique and complex experience.

This pilot study utilized written journal entries of four experienced music teachers (band, choir, orchestra, and general music) who reflected on their experiences of becoming music teachers. Issues, events, and activities in journal entries were coded into categories of analysis then compared across cases to identify commonalities, differences, and emerging categories between teachers’ experiences.

]]>Music Alumni to Perform in ATLAS Tuba Quartethttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=203051&blogid=4329
Geoff Durbin (’07) and Mike Waddell (’12) will perform as members of the ATLAS Tuba and Euphonium Quartet on Tuesday, September 15, at 5:00 p.m. in Cogswell 121. In addition to Durbin and Waddell, ATLAS also includes Matt Hightower and Andy Smith as members. They will be performing a program that includes composition]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-14T16:11:06ZGeoff Durbin (’07) and Mike Waddell (’12) will perform as members of the ATLAS Tuba and Euphonium Quartet on Tuesday, September 15, at 5:00 p.m. in Cogswell 121.

In addition to Durbin and Waddell, ATLAS also includes Matt Hightower and Andy Smith as members. They will be performing a program that includes compositions by IUP Department of Music faculty member Zach Collins, IUP alumnus Anthony O’Toole, as well as Hightower, Frank Gulino, J.S. Bach, Steven Snowden, and Crawford Gates.

Waddell is cofounder and director of Education at the Columbus Brass Academy in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to his work as an educator, Waddell is busy as both a euphoniumist and trombonist. He is currently the solo euphonium with the Dublin Silver Band as well as the Central Ohio Brass Band. An active performer across all genres, Waddell can be heard on multiple recordings of the Keystone Wind Ensemble; Tempo Di Bourgeois, Jack Stamp: Grace and Glory, and the Music of Fischer Tull. Waddell’s trombone playing can be heard on the album Versatile Southern Rock and Roll from the band Rye. His principal teachers have been Adam Frey, Zach Collins, Christian Dickinson, and Mark Mitchell.

Durbin is a professional euphoniumist and trombonist based in Memphis, Tenn. as an active performer, teacher, and clinician. In addition to ATLAS, he is currently a member of the Yamaha-endorsed, San Diego-based brass quintet Presidio Brass. Of his personal accolades, possibly the most significant is his first prize Gold Medal finish at the 2013 Leonard Falcone Euphonium Competition. He holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Texas.

]]>Music Education Students Rock Outhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=202819&blogid=4329
Eight music education students and two IUP faculty members achieved Level 1 certification in Modern Band Pedagogy August 30 at Slippery Rock University. This Modern Band training was provided by Little Kids Rock , whose mission is to provide free training, instruments, and resources to teachers who want to run rocki]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-10T17:57:26ZEight music education students and two IUP faculty members achieved Level 1 certification in Modern Band Pedagogy August 30 at Slippery Rock University. This Modern Band training was provided by Little Kids Rock, whose mission is to provide free training, instruments, and resources to teachers who want to run rockin’ music programs in their schools.

The students and faculty got a crash course on teaching and playing guitar, electric bass, keyboard, and drum set. Among the highlights of this experience was the good-natured rivalry between IUP students and participants from other Pennsylvania State System institutions, which resulted in the creation of an original tune.

]]>Guest Performers on Percussion Ensemble Concert Include Honors College Alumnahttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=201688&blogid=4329
Mobius Percussion, including founding member and IUP alumna Mika Godbole, will share a concert with the IUP Percussion
Ensemble on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, in Gorell Recital Hall at 8:00 p.m. Godbole graduated from IUP in 2002 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Percussion Performance) and a minor in philosophy. S]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-09-07T19:10:08ZMobius Percussion, including founding member and IUP alumna Mika Godbole, will share a concert with the IUP Percussion
Ensemble on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, in Gorell Recital Hall at 8:00 p.m.

Godbole graduated from IUP in 2002 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Percussion Performance) and a minor in philosophy. She was also a very active student in the Cook Honors College. Since graduation, she has completed a Master of Music from Rowan University and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University.

She will also serve as a guest speaker to the Cook Honors College in the Great Hall of Whitmyre at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 17. Admission to both events is free.

Mobius Percussion seeks to fuse their interest in fresh sounds with their commitment to high-quality performance and the promotion of new works by emerging composers. The group is composed of David Degge, Godbole, Yumi Tamashiro, and Frank Tyl, who formed the ensemble after working together at the first annual So Percussion Summer Institute in Princeton, N.J. Based in New York City, the ensemble made their debut at downtown multimedia art cabaret (Le) Poisson Rouge, performing alongside other notable artists that include So Percussion, Nexus, Meehan/Perkins Duo, and Mantra Percussion. Since then they have performed at many venues, including the Firehouse Space, the Cell, Good Child Music Studios, Princeton Sound Kitchen, and Andrea Clearfield’s Salon.

To date, Mobius has produced four music video projects featuring the works of living composers. Their most recent projects include a collaboration with dancers for a video recording of selections from Elliot Cole’s Postludes as well as a theatrical performance video of Wally Gunn’s Vicious Children. Other commissions include new works by composers Jason Trueting, Jacob Cooper, Wally Gunn, and Andrea Mazzariello.

In addition to their regular performance schedule, Mobius has given concerts and masterclasses at numerous universities, including the Curtis Institute of Music, York College of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, and Rowan University as well as participating in educational outreach programs such as the MAP program at Juilliard and others.

]]>Alumna Berry to Debut with Wichita Grand Operahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=201567&blogid=4329
Anna Berry (BFA 2013) will make her debut with the Wichita Grand Opera in Wichita, Kans. in the role of Iza in The Grand Dutchess by Jaques Offenbach.]]>Ms. Rebecca J. Deremer2015-09-03T14:21:14ZAnna Berry (BFA 2013) will make her debut with the Wichita Grand Opera in Wichita, Kans. in the role of Iza in The Grand Dutchess by Jaques Offenbach.

Berry will perform this role as a part of her training in the Wichita Grand Opera Young Artist program. While at IUP she studied voice with Joseph Baunoch.

]]>Baunoch Invited to Teach Voice in Romehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=201436&blogid=4329
Joseph Baunoch was invited to be on faculty for the Opera Festival di
Roma held in Rome, Italy. He spent two weeks in summer 2015 teaching
voice students from all over the country.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-09-01T14:03:18ZJoseph Baunoch was invited to be on faculty for the Opera Festival di Roma held in Rome, Italy. He spent two weeks in summer 2015 teaching voice students from all over the country.

He taught voice as well as aided in the students preparation for two operas, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Puccini’s Suor Angelica.

Baunoch has been invited to return for the company’s next season in 2017.

]]>Airmen of Note to Present Free Concert at IUPhttps://www.iup.edu/templates_old/newsItem.aspx?id=201096&blogid=4329
The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller’s Army Air Corps dance band, the current band consists of 18 active duty Airmen musicians, including one vocalist. The “Note” will offer a free concert at IUP on Tuesday, ]]>Mr. Thaddaeus C. Dachille2015-08-26T12:53:47ZThe Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller’s Army Air Corps dance band, the current band consists of 18 active duty Airmen musicians, including one vocalist.

The “Note” will offer a free concert at IUP on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. Again, this concert is free and open to the public! However, for premiere seating it is recommended that you get tickets by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

Three members of the band are from western Pennsylvania: SMSgt Tim Leahey (Altoona), MSgt Doug Morgan (Grove City), and MSgt Alan Baylock (Ebensburg). Baylock has visited the IUP campus twice in the past, once as the guest conductor for the IUP Jazz Festival (May 2014) and again last fall as the arranger for Doc Severinsen.

]]>Auditions for the IUP Concert Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=200855&blogid=4329
The Department of Music at IUP is pleased to announce auditions for the
IUP Concert Band, a college/community ensemble that will give multiple
performances during the fall semester.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-08-21T15:00:55ZThe Department of Music is pleased to announce auditions for the IUP Concert Band! This is a college/community ensemble that rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 7:00–9:00 p.m. The band will give multiple performances during the fall semester.

Auditions will be held in Cogswell Hall on August 25 and August 31 from 6:00–9:00 p.m. To schedule an audition, and to receive further information, please contact Jason Worzbyt at reedtip@iup.edu.

Beeken
lead Alabama’s choral educators through a day of continuing education.
Sessions focused upon rehearsal strategies, student/conductor
relationships, and popular music ensembles in traditional choral
programs.

]]>Music Professors Lucas and Collins Perform in Los Angeleshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=199977&blogid=4329
IUP music faculty members Heidi Lucas (horn) and Zach Collins (tuba) performed with Nazareth College faculty member, Jacob Ertl (piano), at the International Horn Symposium.]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2015-08-10T14:54:52ZIUP music faculty members Heidi Lucas (horn) and Zach Collins (tuba) performed with Nazareth College faculty member, Jacob Ertl (piano), at the International Horn Symposium.

Professors Lucas, Collins, and Ertl formed the chamber ensemble Eastern Standard in Fall 2015. The ensemble was invited to perform at the 2015 IHS conference in Los Angeles, held August 2-8. Eastern Standard's recital featured works by Anthony O’Toole, Frank Gulino, and Christopher Wiggins that were commissioned by the members of the ensemble as well as compositions by Gary Kulesha, James Stephenson, and Roger Kellaway.

]]>Wong Doe Performs in South Africa and Singaporehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=199976&blogid=4329
IUP piano professor Henry Wong Doe performed three solo recitals in South Africa in July, and a solo recital in Singapore.]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2015-08-10T14:40:14ZIUP piano faculty Henry Wong Doe performed three solo recitals in South Africa in July and a solo recital in Singapore in August.

Wong Doe performed in Pretoria, Oudtshoorn and Prince Albert, South Africa between July 19-26.

On August 4, he performed the same solo program at the Esplanade Recital Studio in Singapore. The Esplanade-Theaters on the Bay complex is Singapore’s premier performing arts venue and home of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

Wong Doe’s program featured works by Beethoven, Liszt, Ginastera, de Castro-Robinson, and Mussorgsky.

Singapore Straits Times music critic Chang Tou Liang wrote: Wong Doe has an iron-clad technique that easily surmounted the most technically daunting pieces and is capable of bringing out myriad shades of the piano. Read the full review.

]]>Music Professor Solos with Hollidaysburg Community Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=194969&blogid=4329
Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-07-02T17:20:27ZHeidi Lucas performed Claude T. Smith’s “Three Contrasts for Horn and Band,” Jack Stamp’s “Concert Piece for Horn and Band,” and James Ployhar’s “Horns on the Run” with the Hollidaysburg Community Band, under the direction of Doug Stephens, on June 28, 2015, at the First United Methodist Church in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Lucas was also featured in a live appearance on WTAJ on June 25 during the 4:00 p.m. Central PA Live show, where she was interviewed about the performance with the band. She also performed a duet with her husband, Bruce Tychinski, on the show.

]]>Music Faculty and Student Participate in International Collaborationhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=194745&blogid=4329
IUP faculty members Timothy Paul, Heidi Lucas, and Rosemary Brumbelow
and graduate student Brittan Braddock participated in the 2015
International Fellowship for Conductors, Composers, and Collaborators.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-06-24T19:33:51ZIUP faculty members Timothy Paul, Heidi Lucas, and Rosemary Brumbelow, along with graduate student Brittan Braddock, participated in the 2015 International Fellowship for Conductors, Composers, and Collaborators (IFC3) held at the University of Oregon in June.

IFC3 was created and coordinated by Paul beginning in 2014. The inaugural festival occurred in June of that year and culminated in a professional recording titled IFC3 2014: Launch.

A second successful festival for this initiative (also headed by Paul) was just completed in mid-June 2015, and a double-disc CD of the professional recordings for this event, titled IFC3 2015: Live!, will be released in 2016.

Paul’s vision for the event was to create a creative and supportive environment for conductors, composers, and performers to come together to make music and learn from each other and their shared experiences.

During the week-long festival, the participants engaged in a rigorous
schedule of daily rehearsals, recording sessions, academic lectures, and
evening performances (which are open to the public). New conductors
receive the opportunity to work with a professional group of performers,
comprised of freelance musicians and collegiate professors from all
over the United States.

]]>Wong Doe performs with Auckland Chamber Orchestrahttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=194643&blogid=4329
IUP music professor and pianist Henry Wong Doe performed Hindemiths Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36/1 with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland New Zealand on June 21.]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2015-06-23T01:58:24ZIUP music professor and pianist Henry Wong Doe performed Hindemith’s Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36/1 with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra at the Raye Freedman Arts Centre in Auckland, New Zealand on June 21.

The program also featured newly composed works by Anna Clyne and European-based Korean composer Unsuk Chin.

The music critic for The New Zealand Herald wrote, "This 1924 Piano Concerto (Hindemith) was set off like a firecracker by the flamboyantly capable Henry Wong Doe, leading the hip players around him on a frisky game of musical tag."

]]>IUP Music Alumnus Wins Film Scoring Contesthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=194429&blogid=4329
Jeremy Leidhecker, BSEd ’09, was named the winner of the 2015 Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging Composers.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-06-16T17:04:39ZJeremy Leidhecker, BSEd ’09, was named the winner of the 2015 Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging Composers.

Leidhecker was provided with a short film for which he created and recorded an original score. Leidhecker’s submission was judged by award-winning composers Mychael Danna, George S. Clinton, and Daniel Carlin. He will be honored by CINE (Council on International Non-theatrical Events) in a ceremony to be held in New York in October.

]]>IUP Trumpet Professor Participates in 2015 International Trumpet Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=194352&blogid=4329
Kevin Eisensmith, professor of Trumpet at IUP, recently returned from a
one-week conference of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) held in
Columbus, Ohio.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-06-14T15:09:44ZKevin Eisensmith, professor of Trumpet at IUP, recently returned from a one-week conference of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) held in Columbus, Ohio.

Eisensmith conducted two works on the opening concert, organized and coordinated the annual Festival of Trumpets concert, and was featured soloist with the Wildcat Regiment Band, a Civil War reenactment band from Indiana, Pa. Videos of these events may be found online.

Eisensmith served as president of ITG from 2009 until 2011. Over 1,000 members of the Guild, along with vendors and guest artists, attended the conference.

]]>Choral Faculty Present Clinics Across Statehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=193803&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies, Ryan Beeken, visited several schools throughout the state interacting with nearly 1000 high school choristers.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-05-29T13:24:34ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken visited several schools throughout the state, interacting with nearly 1,000 Pennsylvania high school choristers.

Beeken traveled across the state working with high school choral programs as they prepared for spring concerts, festivals, and adjudications. He helped students develop their musicianship and build vocal technique. Schools visited include: Knoch, Titusville, Carlisle, North Star, Conemaugh Township, Windber, Greater Johnstown, Canon McMillan, and Central Cambria.

]]>Brass Faculty Perform at Area High Schoolshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=193707&blogid=4329
The HoodleBug Brass, the faculty brass quintet at IUP, performed a three-day recital tour to local high schools.]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-05-26T13:55:56ZThe HoodleBug Brass, the faculty brass quintet at IUP, performed a three-day recital tour to local high schools.

The quintet, comprised of Kevin Eisensmith (trumpet), David Ferguson (trumpet), Heidi Lucas (horn), Christian Dickinson (trombone), and Zach Collins (tuba), performed for students at Indiana, Punxsutawney, Leechburg, Apollo Ridge, and Marion Center high schools on May 11–13, 2015.

]]>Beeken Adjudicates for Music in the Parkshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=193592&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken adjudicated for the Music in the
Parks at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, May 16,
2015.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-05-19T19:32:24ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken adjudicated for the Music in the Parks at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, May 16, 2015.

Beeken provided written and recorded comments and instruction for attending the Music in the Parks music festival. Participating ensembles traveled from across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

]]>Beeken Adjudicates PMEA Music Performance Assessmenthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=193316&blogid=4329
On May 7, 2015, Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken served as an
adjudicator for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Music
Performance Assessment at Hickory High School in Hermitage,
Pennsylvania.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-05-12T14:35:17ZOn May 7, 2015, Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken served as an adjudicator for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Music Performance Assessment at Hickory High School in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.

Beeken adjudicated choirs from western Pennsylvania, providing written and recorded comments. Additionally, he interacted with ensembles equipping students with immediate strategies and feedback designed to improve their performance.

]]>Beeken Conducts PMEA District 6 SongFesthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=193286&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken led 175 fifth-grade students from
south-central Pennsylvania in song on Friday, May 8, 2015.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-05-11T15:12:43ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken led 175 fifth-grade students from south-central Pennsylvania in song on Friday, May 8, 2015.

IUP alumnus Chris McAllister and North Star High School in Boswell, Pennsylvania, served as the hosts for PMEA District 6 SongFest.

Beeken led students through a day of rehearsals culminating in an evening concert featuring music spanning five centuries.

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a summer school of the arts located on a 1,400-acre campus in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. Each summer, the principal camp program serves more than 5,400 gifted elementary, junior high, and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama while offering more than 175 performances during its Summer Arts Festival.

Blue Lake also operates a widely acclaimed International Exchange Program and two public radio stations. Since its inception in 1966, Blue Lake has provided cultural enrichment to more than 300,000 gifted students and countless concert-goers.

]]>IUP Symphony Orchestra’s Academic Year Grand Finalehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=192565&blogid=4329
The IUP Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Martynuik, will present
its final concert of the academic year on Thursday, April 30, 2015, in
Fisher Auditorium.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-24T16:46:59ZThe IUP Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Martynuik, will present its final concert of the academic year on Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Fisher Auditorium.

Opening the program will be Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik’s “Heroic Overture,” which was originally performed at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Following the overture will be the world premier of David Martynuik’s Symphony No. 1, subtitled “The Greening Leaf.” The subtitle is derived from the poem “A un olmo seco” by early 20th-century Spanish poet Antonio Machado, which is utilized in the third movement of the symphony. The vocal solo will be sung by soprano Mary Logan Hastings, associate professor of Voice at IUP.

After intermission, the orchestra will conclude with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2. Written in 1872 and substantially revised in 1879–80, this exciting work contains folksongs from the Ukraine, at one time referred to as “Little Russia.”

The approximate time for the entire concert is 80 minutes. Admission is free. Join the orchestra for a rousing finale to the academic year.

]]>IUP Jazz Festival 2015https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=192286&blogid=4329
The Department of Music presents
the 15th annual IUP Jazz Festival in Fisher
Auditorium of the Performing Arts Center on Saturday,
May 2, with the IUP Jazz Band and the
IUP Jazz Ensemble, and featuring flautist Jim Walker as guest conductor. ]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-22T23:37:39ZThe Department of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania presents the 15th annual IUP Jazz Festival. The festival will be held in Fisher Auditorium in the Performing Arts Center on the IUP campus on Saturday, May 2, beginning at 3:00 p.m. and will feature the IUP Jazz Band and the IUP Jazz Ensemble. The featured guest conductor for the concert is flautist Jim Walker. The IUP Jazz Band is led by Keith Young, professor of Saxophone. The IUP Jazz Ensemble is directed by Kevin Eisensmith, professor of Trumpet.

Few other flutists in history have made such indelible marks in so many musical circles. Jim Walker’s star began to rise when he was named associate principal flute in the Pittsburgh Symphony after a stint playing in the U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point. After eight years in Pittsburgh, he won the principal flute position in the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

After seven successful seasons of performing, recording, and touring with the Philharmonic, Walker left the orchestra, diving into the world of jazz, studio recording, and a commitment to teaching.

Walker’s unique combination of vision and determination pushed his group, Free Flight, to multiple appearances on The Tonight Show and The Today Show and brought them a number-one record (Slice of Life).

Walker has taught hundreds of flutists. Many of them have gone on to successful orchestral careers, holding principal flute chairs in major symphonies from Phoenix to Boston to Beijing. Still others have careers in fields as varied as gospel music and arts administration. Walker’s creativity allows him to reach not only these students, but also others he never sees with his editions of flute masterworks on the Alfred Music Publications Young Artist Series.

Jim Walker is a performing artist for Burkart & Resona Flutes and Piccolos. His appearance at the IUP Jazz Festival has been made possible in part through a grant from Volkweins Music, Burkart Flutes, and support from the IUP College of Fine Arts and the IUP Department of Music.

Walker will present two clinics: the first will be on flute playing and will be presented on Friday evening, May 1, at 6:00 p.m. in DiCicco Hall (Rm. 121) in the Cogswell Music Building; the second will be regarding jazz improvisation and will be held in Fisher Auditorium on Saturday, May 2, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Both clinics are free and open to the general public.

Cost of tickets for the afternoon concert is $10 regular admission, $8 for senior citizens and students, and $6 with an I-Card.

For more information about this concert, please call the IUP Department of Music at (724) 357-2390.

]]>IUP String Project Celebrates 10th Anniversary on April 25https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=192245&blogid=4329
The IUP String
Project will host its annual Spring Student Recital on Saturday morning, April 25, featuring violin,
viola, cello, and bass students in solo and ensemble performances, followed by a reception.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-22T17:54:42ZOn Saturday, April 25, at 10:30 a.m. in Cogswell 121, the IUP String Project will host its annual Spring Student Recital in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the program. The recital will feature violin, viola, cello, and bass students in solo and ensemble performances. The program will be followed by a reception in Cogswell Hall, Room 120.

The IUP String Project, part of the IUP Community Music School, is a community string music education outreach program for children ages five to 18 in Indiana and the surrounding area which provides lessons and ensemble classes for violin, viola, cello, and bass students. The IUP String Project is also provides a comprehensive hands-on teacher-training program for IUP music students, who provide all of the lessons and classes in the program.

The IUP String Project is one of 43 similar programs joined under the auspices of the National String Project Consortium, dedicated to promoting string music education in the United States. As a member of the NSPC, the IUP String Project joins in addressing the two main issues facing string education today: 1) the low numbers of public schools that offer string music education programs to children, and 2) the critical shortage of string teachers in the U.S.

Now in its 10th year, the program was founded in 2004 by IUP music faculty member Linda Jennings, who also directs and oversees the program. The program is also supported by IUP String Project Master Teacher Swana Chepaitis, a string pedagogy expert in the Indiana area who helps supervise the teachers and leads the IUP Chamber Music program, and IUP String faculty member Stanley Chepaitis.

]]>Department of Music Celebrates Jack Stamphttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=192152&blogid=4329
Ms. Rebecca J. Deremer2015-04-20T20:45:53ZAfter 25 years as IUP’s director of Bands, Jack Stamp has announced his retirement effective the end of the spring 2015 semester. A final gala concert weekend is planned for April 24, 25, and 26. Alumni and friends are invited to join the IUP Department of Music in celebrating the career of Dr. Stamp.

The weekend will include performances by the IUP Symphony Band and Concert Band (Friday, April 24), the Wind Ensemble (Saturday, April 25), and the Keystone Wind Ensemble (Sunday, April 26). The IUP Symphony Band and Concert Band concert will be live-streamed on the IUP Music Department YouTube Channel. The Wind Ensemble concert will be live-streamed by the IUP Communications Media Department on Backlight.tv.

In his final concert with the IUP Wind Ensemble, Stamp will present a program featuring world premiere performances of works by Anthony O’Toole, Molly Joyce, Carl Holmquist, and Daniel French. A highlight of the concert will be the world premiere of “A Jack Stamp Suite,” with movements by contributing composers Bruce Yurko, Andrew Boysen, Timothy Broege, Timothy Mahr, Mark Camphouse, and Dwayne Milburn.

The weekend will also include a luncheon, reception, and tours of Cogswell Hall and the IUP campus. Detailed schedules and information, including registration for the luncheon, can be found on the Alumni Office’s website.

In 1996, Stamp received the Orpheus Award from the Zeta Tau Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha for service to music and was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 1999, he received the Citation of Excellence from the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. In 2000, he was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. Stamp was awarded the title of University Professor for the 2008–09 academic year at IUP. This is the highest award the university gives to a professor.

]]>IUP Faculty Brass Quintet to Present Spring 2015 Recitalhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191799&blogid=4329
The HoodleBug Brass will present their recital on Thursday,
April 23, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, located in John
Sutton Hall. This program is free and open to the
general public. ]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-14T22:07:51ZThe HoodleBug Brass will present their spring 2015 recital on Thursday, April 23, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, located in John Sutton Hall on the IUP campus. This program is free and open to the general public.

The program, titled “Americana,” will feature a wide range of music by North and South American composers, including Enrique Crespo, Anthony Plog, and Jack Gale. The HoodleBug Brass will perform many of these works in October 2015, when they will travel to St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, to participate in international music festivals.

The HoodleBug Brass is the brass quintet-in-residence at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is comprised of the four full-time brass faculty within the Department of Music and the assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts. The ensemble performs regularly on the IUP campus and presents numerous clinics and concerts in public schools and churches throughout the region each year.

The HoodleBug Brass released its first compact disc, entitled Brass Fac’s, in March 2004. Their second disc, Off the Trac’s, was released in October 2009. The quintet released its first commercial compact disc one year ago. Titled Christmas Postcards from the HoodleBug Brass, the disc features 15 tracks of music for the Christmas season, including several arrangements written especially for the HoodleBug Brass. Interested individuals may purchase digital downloads of the disc through iTunes, Amazon or CDBaby, or by going to the HoodleBug Brass website.

A “HoodleBug” is a local term for “doodlebug,” the name given to a single-car, self-propelled train or trolley. At the southern end of the IUP campus can be found the Hoodlebug Trail. This is a six-mile recreation and commuter trail located in the central portion of Indiana County.

At 6:00 p.m. on April 23, the Legacy Brass will present their spring recital. The Legacy Brass Quintet is the honors student brass quintet for the IUP Department of Music. Membership in the ensemble is by performance audition, and is open to any IUP music major in the brass area. The funding for this ensemble was made possible through a gift from Jim and Jamie Self. Jim Self is an IUP alumnus (BS in Ed., 1965) who has been a first call tuba player in Los Angeles for over 30 years. He is known for playing the “Voice of the Mother Ship” in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and he has performed for hundreds of movie and television soundtracks in his career, as well as performing as principal tuba in many of the top professional orchestras in and around Los Angeles.

For more information regarding this and other programs, please call the Department of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, at 724-357-2390.

]]>IUP Community Music School Announces Spring Recitalshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191737&blogid=4329
The IUP Community Music School
will present two spring recitals featuring students enrolled in the
school. Both recitals will be in Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall,
with the first taking place on Saturday, April 18, and
the second on Saturday, April 25.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-14T17:57:52ZThe IUP Community Music School will present two spring recitals featuring students enrolled in the school. Both recitals will be in Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton Hall, with the first taking place on Saturday, April 18, at 2:00 p.m., and the second on Saturday, April 25, at 4:30 p.m.

Each semester since the IUP Community Music School was formed, the ensembles of the school have presented an end-of-semester concert, to include the Crimson Children's Choir, the Indiana Symphonic Winds, and the Indiana Community Choir. These recitals will be the inaugural recitals of the IUPCMS, with plans to present at least two recitals each semester.

The first recital will feature primarily the piano students of teaching artist Andrew Cotts, but will also have flute and trumpet students of teaching apprentices Brenden Goff and Ken Coronado.

The second recital will has a variety of instruments, including guitar, marimba, piano, trumpet, and voice, and features the students of Rachel DiPilla, guitar; Dakota Kaylor and John Mullen, percussion; Andrew Cotts, piano; Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet; and Jessica Zelenack, voice.

The recitals are free and open to the all individuals involved in the IUPCMS, as well as the general public. For more information, e-mail community-music@iup.edu, or contact Jeff Wacker at 724-357-4565.

]]>IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble Tours and Performs at Conferencehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191707&blogid=4329
The IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble, comprised of members of the tuba and
euphonium studio, performed concerts at area high schools on April 9 and were invited to perform a concert at the
Northeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference on April 11.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-14T15:43:38ZThe IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble, comprised of members of the tuba and euphonium studio, performed concerts at Indiana Area High School, Kiski Area High School, and Hempfield Area High School on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Additionally, the students performed an invited concert at the Northeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference (NERTEC) on April 11 in Ithaca, N.Y. The IUP Tubaphonium Ensemble is under the direction of Zach Collins.

Their NERTEC performance featured music with IUP connections: “Avian Overture” and “White Keys” were composed by IUP faculty members Jack Stamp and Zach Collins, respectively. The ensemble also performed Franz Von Suppe’s “Light Cavalry Overture” as arranged by 1965 IUP alumnus Jim Self.

In addition to the Tubaphonium Ensemble performance, Collins performed a recital on April 12. His recital also featured the Eastern Standard Trio, which is comprised of Collins and IUP faculty members Heidi Lucas (horn) and Jacob Ertl (piano).

Nearly 200 members of the IUP community, including students, faculty, alumni, and community members, presented a stellar performance of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 to an audience of over 1,000 at Calvary Baptist Church in Altoona. Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken, in collaboration with Jon Erik Schreiber and the Indiana Community Choir, prepared the IUP Chorale and Chorus and the Blair Concert Chorale of Altoona, totaling 180 voices, for the performance.

IUP Professor of Trumpet Kevin Eisensmith played principle trumpet in the orchestra, and many alumni sang in the choir or played in the orchestra as well. The performance was conducted by Maestra Theresa Cheung.

Beethoven’s famous work, employing the familiar tune “Ode to Joy,” was the first symphonic composition to employ a chorus and vocal soloists. To this day it remains one of the most significant and challenging works from the choral-orchestral cannon.

]]>Indiana Community Choir to Participate in Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Performancehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191274&blogid=4329
The Indiana Community Choir from the IUP Community Music School
will be one of four choirs joining forces with the Altoona Symphony
Orchestra on Saturday, April 11, in a performance of one of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s most famous
works, his Symphony No. 9, “the Choral.” ]]>Ms. Rebecca J. Deremer2015-04-07T14:47:18ZThe Indiana Community Choir from the IUP Community Music School will be one of four choirs joining forces with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra in a performance of one of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s most famous works, his Symphony No. 9, “the Choral.” The performance will be under the direction of Maestra Theresa Cheung and takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at Calvary Baptist Church in Altoona, Pa.

Under the direction of Jon Erik Schreiber since its inception in fall 2013 with the start of the IUP Community Music School, the Indiana Community Choir is the premiere vocal ensemble of the IUPCMS and is made up of community members from the Indiana region.

They have presented concerts each semester in a variety of locations in Indiana. Their upcoming spring concert will take place at Gorell Recital Hall in Sutton Hall on the campus of IUP at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. The choir will perform folk songs, hymns, and spirituals, featuring John Gardner’s “Five Hymns in Popular Style.”

In addition to their own concert repertoire, they have been working diligently on the very challenging music of the Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 since the start of the IUPCMS semester in January, and are excited to join forces with the IUP Chorale, the IUP Chorus, and the Blair Concert Chorale, all under the direction of IUP’s Director of Choral Studies, Ryan Beeken.

For more information on the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 performance or for tickets, visit the Altoona Symphony website or call them at 814-943-2500.

]]>IUP String Alumni Festival Postponed to 2015–16https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191238&blogid=4329
Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-06T18:53:57ZThe IUP String Alumni Festival, with special guest Scott Laird, originally scheduled for April 24–25, 2015, has been postponed to the next school year.

The new date will be announced in the next several weeks. For questions or information, please contact Linda Jennings at ljenning@iup.edu.

]]>Wong Doe Performs and Teaches in Sharjah, United Arab Emirateshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191223&blogid=4329
Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-06T14:27:14ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe performed a recital and gave a master class at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on March 31 and April 1, 2015.

Wong Doe performed alongside Juilliard colleague Eugenia Choi in a violin and piano duo program that featured works by Brahms, Franck, Saint-Saens, and Gareth Farr. The following evening, April 1, Wong Doe gave a master class to five piano students from the university.

]]>IUP Trumpets to Present Two Recitalshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=191144&blogid=4329
The IUP Trumpet Ensemble will present its annual spring recital on
Sunday, April 12, in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell Music Building
on the IUP campus. The program will begin at 3:00 p.m. and is free and
open to the public.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-04-03T15:49:27ZThe IUP Trumpet Ensemble will present its annual spring recital on Sunday, April 12, 2015, in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell Music Building on the IUP campus. The program will begin at 3:00 p.m. and is free and open to the general public. Kevin Eisensmith directs the IUP Trumpet Ensemble.

The program will feature numerous pieces for the 20-member ensemble, along with works for smaller groups. The performance will begin with Andrew Dziuk’s transcription of “Seven Renaissance Intradas,” written by Hans Leo Hassler. Ben Blasko, graduate candidate in conducting, will direct “Sonoran Desert Harmonies,” written by Eric Ewazen. The program will conclude with Roger Harvey’s arrangement of “Steal Away.”

The IUP Trumpet Ensemble includes both music majors and non-music majors, who audition for acceptance into the group. This concert will be preceded by the IUP Trumpet Studio Recital, which will begin at 1:00 in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell Music Building on the IUP campus. Featured will be members of the IUP Trumpet Studio. This recital was originally scheduled for Saturday, February 21, but was postponed due to poor weather.

For more information about the IUP Trumpet Ensemble recital, please contact Eisensmith at 724-357-1246.

]]>IUP Student Chapter of American Choral Conductors Association Hosts College Exchangehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=190429&blogid=4329
The IUP ACDA student chapter hosted the Kent State University Chorale and their conductor, Scott MacPherson, on Friday, March 20, 2015.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-03-24T13:35:10ZThe IUP ACDA student chapter hosted the Kent State University Chorale and their conductor, Scott MacPherson, on Friday March 20, 2015.

MacPherson presented a session on Choral Eurhythmics (movement during the choral rehearsal) to IUP students.

Ryan Beeken, IUP director of Choral Studies, then rehearsed the Kent State Chorale.

The day’s activities concluded with an informal concert session and pizza party with the IUP Chamber Singers and the Kent State Chorale.

]]>Beeken Guest Artist for Ithaca Collegehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=190428&blogid=4329
Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-03-24T13:29:55ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken served as a guest artist for the Ithaca College School of Music in Ithaca, New York, on March 18–20, 2015.

Beeken led students in conducting masterclasses, taught lessons on rehearsal techniques, conducted the Ithaca Chorus and Madrigal Singers, and presented a session on choral intonation to music education students.

]]>Beeken Presents Session for West Virginia Music Educators Associationhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=190036&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken was invited to present a session for the 2015 West Virginia Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, “Orchestrating Success.”]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-03-17T16:13:40ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken was invited to present a session for the 2015 West Virginia Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, “Orchestrating Success.”

Beeken’s session, “Pitch is a Specific Address, NOT a Zip Code!” empowered participants with specific tools to help their choirs sing in tune with proper vocal technique, and to develop musical independence and literacy.

]]>IUP Music Alumni Collaborate on World Premierehttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=189812&blogid=4329
IUP Music alumni Robert Read and Jeremy Leidhecker
recently collaborated on the world premiere of Leidhecker’s
composition “Dear Stephanie” at Gateway High School in
Monroeville, Pa., on March 10, 2015. ]]>Ms. Rebecca J. Deremer2015-03-15T17:05:44ZIUP Music alumni Robert Read (BS 1980, MA 1990) and Jeremy Leidhecker (BS 2009) recently collaborated on the world premiere of Leidhecker’s composition “Dear Stephanie” at Gateway High School in Monroeville, Pa., on March 10, 2015.

Read has served as the band director at Gateway High School for the past 33 years. Leidhecker did his student teaching with Read in 2009, and the two have shared a wonderful rapport and friendship ever since.

In November 2013, Read’s daughter, Stephanie, passed away at the age of 21. She had lived with a profound handicap throughout her life, and this was a devastating loss for the family. A few months later, Leidhecker proposed the idea of composing a work for the Gateway High School Wind Ensemble in memory of Stephanie. The work was very well received at the premiere on March 10, and Read’s son, Brian, performed on piano with the ensemble. More information about “Dear Stephanie,” including a video of the premiere performance, can be found on Jeremy Leidhecker's website.

Over 170 of the greater Pittsburgh area’s finest high school singers assembled at Trinity High School in Washington, Pa., to work under Beeken’s direction. Students learned and performed nine choral pieces ranging from 16th-century Hebrew polyphony to Indonesian folk music.

]]>Wildcat Regiment Band Presents Commemorative Plaque and Scholarship Donation to Music Departmenthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=189138&blogid=4329
On Tuesday, February 17, members of the Wildcat Regiment Band gathered to present music faculty members Jack Stamp and Jason Worzbyt with a plaque commemorating the ensemble's latest recording, "Music from the Port Royal Band 1863-1864."]]>Mr. Bruce V. Dries2015-02-28T16:51:57ZOn Tuesday, February 17, members of the Wildcat Regiment Band gathered to present music faculty members Jack Stamp and Jason Worzbyt with a plaque commemorating the ensemble's latest recording, "Music from the Port Royal Band 1863-1864." Dr. Stamp and Dr. Worzbyt served as producers for the ensemble's third recording. The band also made a generous donation to the Music Department's general scholarship fund.

The original Wildcat Regiment Band served faithfully from September 1861 until August 1862, when General Order No. 91 discharged all regimental bands. These musicians who formed this Civil War Band were average men who came from small towns, assorted professions, and from all walks of life. They were laborers, farmers, store keepers, and teachers, yet they were the esprit de corps for the first long year of the Civil War. Their brass band music provided fervor before a charge and quiet comfort during war's anguish.

Today, the Wildcat Regiment Band is comprised of musicians of all ages and from various professional backgrounds. Like their predecessors, the current bandsmen have been recruited from the same geographical area in Pennsylvania and come from all walks of life. The ensemble has performed for historic and civic events throughout the Eastern United States. The cornets and saxhorns played by the Wildcat Band today are the same as the instruments that were in service during battle and dress parades in 1861. All of the horns date from the Civil War era, some as early as 1845. Refurbished with the skill of a true craftsman, these instruments are once again playing the melodies heard more than a century ago.

Through the year, when the band is not scheduled for performances, much time is devoted to research of original music to add to the bands continually expanding repertoire. For more information on the Wildcat Regiment Band or ordering information for "Music from the Port Royal Band 1863-1864", please visit the ensemble's website at: http://www.wildcatband.com/index.shtml.

]]>Choral Program Presents “And the Time Is”https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=188699&blogid=4329
The IUP Choral Program will present a concert on March 1, 2015 in Gorell Recital Hall. The
program centers upon a new composition for percussion, cello, piano,
and choir composed by IUP Director of Bands Jack Stamp and
written by Samuel Hazo, Pennsylvania’s
inaugural poet laureate.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-23T15:35:04ZOn Sunday, March 1, 2015 the IUP Choral Program will present a concert, “And the Time Is,” at 3:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall.

The program centers upon a new composition for percussion, cello, piano, and choir composed by IUP Director of Bands Jack Stamp. The poem, written by Samuel Hazo, who was chosen as the inaugural Pennsylvania poet laureate, reminds us that the time to be grateful is now; the time to remember is now; the time to act is now!

The program also features collaborations with the Litton String Quartet and Jacob Ertl.

]]>Wong Doe Gives Piano Masterclass at Duquesne Universityhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=188667&blogid=4329
IUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe gave a masterclass to piano
majors at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, February 18,
2015.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-21T19:46:53ZIUP piano faculty member Henry Wong Doe gave a masterclass to piano majors at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

Students from the studios of Professors Ken Burky and David Allen Wehr performed works by Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Chopin. The class was given during their piano departmental hour, and all piano majors were present.

]]>Litton Quartet Hosts a Premiere and Two Guestshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=188339&blogid=4329
The Litton String Quartet’s concert on Tuesday, February 24, at 8:00
p.m. in Gorell Hall will feature the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and
Johannes Brahms, and a new work by the quartet’s first violinist,
Stanley Chepaitis.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-17T15:28:00ZThe Litton String Quartet’s concert on Tuesday, February 24, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Hall will feature the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, and a new work by the quartet’s first violinist, Stanley Chepaitis.

Chepaitis’ “Three Songs for Medium Voice and String Quartet” draw their texts from T.S. Eliot’s poetic cycle, Four Quartets. This monumental and highly influential work of poetry was first published in 1943. Raquel Winnica-Young, of the vocal faculty, will join the quartet for this performance.

To begin the concert, faculty oboist and Music Department Chair Stephanie Caulder will join the quartet in performing Mozart’s “Quartet for Oboe and Strings.” The performance will end with the Litton Quartet’s performance of the challenging and beautiful “Quartet, op. 51 no.1” by Johannes Brahms.

The Litton String Quartet is comprised of two members of the IUP string faculty, Stanley Chepaitis and Linda Jennings, and two additional artists, Swana Chepaitis and Raul Faure. The quartet offers a series of three concerts per year which explore new works as well as standard repertoire for string quartet. These concerts frequently include work with collaborative artists.

The quartet’s performances are made possible through an endowment made to the Department of Music by the late Robin Litton, who was an IUP alumnus and a successful television producer.

]]>Lake George Music Festival Presents Concert and Workshopshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=188202&blogid=4329
IUP piano faculty member Jacob Ertl will join
other Lake George Music Festival musicians for a guest artist and faculty concert on
Wednesday, February 18, in Gorell Recital Hall. Other
festival events include a chamber music workshop with piano majors, a Q/A forum on music careers, and a master class. All events are free and
open to the public.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-13T16:47:33ZIUP piano faculty member Jacob Ertl will join other Lake George Music Festival musicians—Colin Sorgi, Lauren Rausch, Yumi Oshima, and Arlen Hlusko—for a guest artist and faculty concert on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall.

Other festival events include a chamber music workshop with piano majors open to all on Tuesday, February 17, at 2:00 p.m. in Cogswell Hall, room 120; and a Q/A forum on music careers and master class on Tuesday, February 17, at 5:00 p.m. in Cogswell, room 116. All events are free and open to the public.

A recently established initiative, Lake George Music Festival On Tour introduces the festival and its musicians to a variety of communities both nationally and internationally. Providing valuable touring experience to emerging LGMF professionals, the programs feature integrated combinations of standard and unknown chamber repertoire, as well as new classical music.

The program for this concert includes the piano quintets of Brahms and Korngold. Performers are Colin Sorgi and Lauren Rausch on violin, Yumi Oshima on viola, Arlen Hlusko on cello, and Jacob Ertl on piano.

Set in the summer resort community of Lake George, New York and surrounded by the breathtaking Adirondack Mountains and the shoreline of beautiful Lake George itself, the Lake George Music Festival is a collaborative artist retreat for emerging young professionals. The festival’s fifth-anniversary season will be held August 17–27, 2015.

Musicians attend solely as a way to advance intellectually, artistically, and professionally; working closely together in a tight-knit community and nurturing atmosphere while performing daily open rehearsals, live public concerts, and outreach events in this picturesque “end of summer finale.” The repertoire performed at the festival is selected from requests submitted by participating musicians.

As a performance and community-based festival, LGMF bridges the gap between faculty and students. There are no teachers or students, private lessons, master classes, or organized studios. Rather, a unique roster of distinguished artists and young musicians at the cusp of their professional careers collaborate together in chamber music ensembles, a full orchestral setting, and innovative outreach programs and concerts. Informal social gatherings from boat cruises to hiking trips occur daily where participants bond with colleagues of past and present.

Since its conception, the Lake George Music Festival has brought together professionals, current students or faculty, and alumni from many prestigious institutions, including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; the Philadelphia Orchestra; the symphonies of Atlanta, Charlotte, Richmond, Kansas City, New World, Dallas, Boise, Detroit, and San Antonio; the Pittsburgh Oper;, the Ying Quartet; Astral Artists; Young Concert Artists; and nearly every music conservatory in the nation, including the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, and the Eastman School of Music. Live festival recordings have been featured on a variety of radio programs, including NPR’s Performance Today.

For a full 10 days, the public can attend this series of live chamber music and orchestra concerts, children’s concerts, open rehearsals, pre-performance workshops, and various outreach events. All events are offered free of charge to spectators.

The festival is a 501c3 not-fot-profit organization and relies on annual contributions and grants to balance its budget.

2:00 — Clinic by Douglas Wilson

4:00 — Trumpet Studio Recital

Sunday, February 22

1:00 — Meghan Shaw, junior recital (trumpet and voice)

Gorell Recital Hall, Sutton

Kevin Eisensmith, trumpet professor at IUP, will present a recital of music for trumpet on Thursday evening, February 19, at 8:00 p.m. Assisting will be Christine Clewell, assistant professor of Organ; Henry Wong Doe, associate professor of Piano; and Jacob Ertl, assistant professor of Piano in the Department of Music. David Ferguson, assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts, will also perform one work with Eisensmith.

Douglas Wilson will present a recital on Friday, February 20, at 8:00 p.m. and a clinic at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 21.

Wilson is a trumpet player who excels in a variety of musical styles, including classical, commercial, and Early Music. A frequent guest clinician throughout the United States, he has performed for audiences in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, with numerous performances at the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Music Center at Strathmore, the National Cathedral, and the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

His performing affiliations include the New Haven Symphony, Solisti New York, Yale at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, and 17 seasons as principal trumpet with the Signature Symphony, a pops and ballet orchestra. Early Music performances include Fanfare Barok, Tempesta di Mare, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, Bach Sinfonia, and guest solo artist with Shenandoah Conservatory’s Bach-Handel Festival. A lifelong learner, Wilson received graduate degrees from Yale University and the University of Oklahoma, with continuing studies at Oberlin’s early music Baroque Performance Institute. Additional information about Wilson can be found at on his website and Fanfare Barok.

Both of these events will be held in DiCicco Hall in the Cogswell Music Building and will feature Clewell performing on the Ronald G. Pogorozelski and Lester D. Yankee Memorial Organ. The IUP College of Fine Arts and the Department of Music express their gratitude to the American Guild of Organists for presenting the Ronald G. Pogorozelski and Lester D. Yankee Memorial Organ for use at IUP. We are also appreciative for the creative talent of R. J. Brunner, who crafted this wonderful instrument.

All other events will be held in Gorell Recital Hall in John Sutton Hall. All events are free and open to the general public. For more information about these and other events sponsored by the IUP Music Department, please call 724-357-2390 or visit the Music Department website.

]]>Indiana Musicale Hosts Second Annual Piano Monster Concerthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=187864&blogid=4329
This two-day, weekend event in Cogswell Hall on
February 8, 2015, included piano students from 16 elementary and high schools in Indiana, Armstrong, Cambria, and North Allegheny counties.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-10T02:21:09ZIndiana Musicale, the Indiana Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, hosted its second annual Piano Monster Concert on Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Cogswell Hall, room 121.

IUP Piano faculty members Jacob Ertl and Henry Wong Doe directed the event, which included piano students from 16 elementary and high schools in Indiana, Armstrong, Cambria, and North Allegheny counties. Twelve grand and upright pianos were moved into Cogswell Hall 121 for the two-day, weekend event.

The IUP Piano Ensemble, consisting of current piano majors studying at IUP, was also featured in the event. Students from the ensemble performed in the concert and coached the students during the Saturday rehearsal day.

]]>Beeken Presents Invited Lecture for Ohio Music Educatorshttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=187816&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken presented “Pitch is a Specific Address, NOT a Zip Code!” at the 2015 Ohio Music Educators
Association Professional Development Conference.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-09T15:36:54ZDirector of Choral Studies Ryan Beeken was invited to present a session for the 2015 Ohio Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, “Music Education On The Move.”

Beeken‘s session, “Pitch is a Specific Address, NOT a Zip Code!” empowered participants with specific tools to help their choirs sing in tune with proper vocal technique, and to develop musical independence and literacy.

]]>Vocal Alumnus Makes Operatic Debuthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=187769&blogid=4329
Samuel Weiser, BSEd 2014, has been cast in Windy City Opera’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme. He will sing the role of Colline on March 13 and 14, 2015 in Chicago, Ill.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-02-06T16:19:43ZSamuel Weiser, BSEd 2014, has been cast in Windy City Opera’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme. He will sing the role of Colline on March 13 and 14, 2015 in Chicago, Ill.

Sam currently is pursuing a Masters Music in Vocal Performance at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. To find out more information, please visit the Windy City Opera website.

]]>Beeken Conducts New York State School Music Association Zone 3 All-State Women's Choirhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=187507&blogid=4329
Director of Choral Studies, Dr. Ryan Beeken, recently served as the guest conductor for the NYSSMA Zone 3 Area All-State Women’s Choir.]]>Marilyn R. Kukula2015-02-02T16:57:20ZDirector of Choral Studies, Dr. Ryan Beeken, recently served as the guest conductor for the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Zone 3 Area All-State Women’s Choir.

Rehearsals and performances were held January 30-31, 2015 in Ithaca, New York. Under Beeken’s direction, the women’s chorus performed repertoire largely composed by female composers, including Andrea Ramsey, Abbie Betinis, Gwyneth Walker, and Francesa Caccini. Styles ranged from Baroque to Salsa accompanied by harpsichord, cello, and flutes to an array of percussion and electric bass.

]]>IUP String Project Accepting Applications for the Spring Semesterhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=186865&blogid=4329
The IUP String Project, a community music education outreach program for
children ages 5–18 in Indiana and the surrounding area, is now
accepting applications for private lesson instruction on violin, viola,
cello, and bass. Applications will be accepted through Thursday, January
29, 2015.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-01-25T20:56:04ZThe IUP String Project, a community music education outreach program for children ages 5–18 in Indiana and the surrounding area, is now accepting applications for private lesson instruction on violin, viola, cello, and bass. Applications will be accepted through Thursday, January 29, 2015. Lessons begin the week of February 2. For more information and an application, please contact Linda Jennings at ljenning@iup.edu or (724) 357-2649.

The IUP String Project curriculum consists of weekly private lessons and group lessons scheduled at different times throughout the year. Lessons are 30 minutes to one hour in length, depending upon the age and advancement of each student. Ensemble classes designed to reinforce concepts and techniques learned in private lessons as well as develop other musical skills, such as ensemble playing, leadership skills, etc. are included in the program. At the end of each semester, students also have the opportunity to perform solo and ensemble pieces on recitals. Lessons, group classes, and recitals take place on the IUP campus and are taught by IUP music students. The IUP String Project is designed to support the string programs in the public schools. Therefore, all students enrolled in the IUP String Project must also be enrolled in their school orchestra program, if one is available.

The IUP String Project is also provides a teacher-training program for IUP music students who are the teachers in the program. The program provides hands-on practical experience teaching one-on-one lessons, as well as teaching groups in a classroom setting and conducting a string orchestra. In addition, teachers gain invaluable experience participating in recruiting programs in public and private schools, gaining teaching ideas and guidance at regular pedagogy meetings and receiving feedback on their teaching.

The IUP String Project is one of 43 similar programs joined under the auspices of the National String Project Consortium, dedicated to promoting string music education in the United States. As a member of the NSPC, the IUP String Project joins in addressing the two main issues facing string education today:

the low numbers of public schools that offer string music education programs to children, and

]]>Music Department Announces Auditions for IUP Concert Bandhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=186621&blogid=4329
Auditions will take place on Monday, January 26. The audition will consist of three minutes of music, of the student’s
choice, that best demonstrates his or her performing abilities.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-01-20T22:32:46ZThe IUP Department of Music will hold auditions for the Concert Band on Monday, January 26, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

The audition will consist of three minutes of music, of the student’s choice, that best demonstrates his or her performing abilities.

To secure an audition time, please sign up at 307 Cogswell Hall. For further information, please contact Jason Worzbyt at reedtip@iup.edu.

]]>Hetrick Wins Butler Symphony Young Artist Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=186613&blogid=4329
Sarah Hetrick, saxophonist and junior music education major, won first
place in the 2015 Butler Symphony Young Artist Competition on Sunday,
January 18.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2015-01-20T20:23:11ZSarah Hetrick, saxophonist and junior music education major, won first place in the 2015 Butler Symphony Young Artist Competition on Sunday, January 18. She will perform “Tableaux de Provence” by Paule Maurice with the Butler Symphony Orchestra on April 11.

Sarah is principal saxophonist with the IUP Wind Ensemble. She is also soprano saxophonist with the Ehos Saxophone Quartet, an IUP ensemble which recently performed at the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium and which also won first place in the MTNA Pennsylvania State Chamber Ensemble Young Artist Competition.

Sarah serves as president for IUP’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota and has been awarded a spot on the Dean’s List for five consecutive semesters.

]]>Ertl Invited to Perform at Carnegie Hallhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=185367&blogid=4329
IUP Piano faculty member Jacob Ertl was invited to be a guest performer
at a concert in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on December
20, 2014.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-12-13T20:15:43ZIUP Piano faculty member Jacob Ertl was invited to be a guest performer at a concert in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on Saturday, December 20, 2014, at 3:30 p.m.

Ertl will perform Frederic Rzewski’s Piano Piece No.4 as a guest performer at the winners concert for the American Protege International Competition.

]]>Beeken Teaches At Univerza v Ljubljani Akademija za glasbohttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=185250&blogid=4329
Ryan Beeken, director of Choral Studies, recently returned from an eight-day residency at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-12-11T15:29:52ZRyan Beeken, director of Choral Studies, recently returned from an eight-day residency at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music.

Beeken taught two masterclasses to conducting students, focusing on both conducting gesture and rehearsal techniques. In addition, he gave lectures on basic conducting patterns, rehearsal planning, and Renaissance conducting strategies. Beeken also gave a detailed presentation on American Choral Music and Repertoire and dialogued with students from the Ljubljana Academy of Music regarding music study and choral music in the United States. Finally, Beeken rehearsed both the Chamber Choir and Women's Chorus, focusing on American Choral music and style.

]]>IUP Community Music School Presents Concerthttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=185228&blogid=4329
Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-12-10T15:31:42ZThe IUP Community Music School will present a concert at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 21, 2014, in Gorell Recital Hall. This fall/Christmas performance will feature the three ensembles of the Community Music School presenting a variety of selections that have been worked on this semester, including some Christmas favorites.

Under the direction of David Ferguson, the Indiana Symphonic Winds will perform “His Honor” by Henry Fillmore, “Dedicatory Overture” by Clifton Williams, J.S. Bach’s “If Thou Be Near,” arranged by Moehlmann, and Robert W. Smith’s “By Loch and Mountain.”

The Crimson Children’s Choir, under the direction of Jessica Zelenack, will sing “Simple Gifts” by Aaron Copland, “A Child of Song” by Derryl Herring and Andy Beck, and Jeff Funk’s arrangement of a perennial children’s choir favorite, “Joy to the World (Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog)” by Hoyt Axton.

Under the direction of Jon Erik Schreiber, conductor, and Jordan McCarthy, assistant conductor, the Indiana Community Choir will perform three short sets of music. The first includes “Gloria” by Antonia Vivaldi, “O magnum mysterium” by Thomas Luis de Vidtoria, and “Quem vidistis pastores,” an anonymous plainchant. The second set includes a beautiful unaccompanied setting of “O Holy Night” by Adolphe Adam, and “Brightest and Best, from Five Hymns in Popular Style” by John Gardner. The final set includes arrangements by Professor Peter Schidkele of three Christmas Carols composed by the lesser-known member of the Bach family, P.D.Q. Bach, and includes “Throw the Yule Log On,” “Uncle John,” “O Little Town of Hackensack,” and “Good King Kong Looked Out!”

The Indiana Community Choir and Indiana Symphonic Winds will also combine to perform the beautiful “Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)” by Daniel Pinkham, and “Three Noels” by Clare Grundman. The entire program will end with a singalong of the Christmas carols “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Deck the Halls,” and “Silent Night.”

Now in its second year, the IUP Community Music School continues to grow, offering low-cost private lessons on nearly all instruments, a variety of classes, and several opportunities to play in an ensemble.

Tickets for the concert are $5 regular and $3 for student/child. They are currently on sale at IUP Tickets and will be for sale at the door. For more information, call 724-357-2787 (ARTS), or e-mail community-music@iup.edu.

The IUP Community Music School is supported in part by the Indiana Rotary, Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance, Aramark, and the IUP College of Fine Arts.

]]>Room Naming Ceremony for Daniel DiCicco Hall to be held on December 6https://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=184706&blogid=4329
The IUP Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the large instrumental rehearsal space in Cogswell Hall as Daniel DiCicco Hall. The official naming ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-12-01T20:41:25ZThe IUP Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the large instrumental rehearsal space in Cogswell Hall (Room 121) as Daniel DiCicco Hall. The official naming ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at approximately 5:00 p.m., immediately following the IUP Bands concert. Members of the DiCicco family will be in attendance.

Dr. Daniel DiCicco earned his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from IUP. After earning his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Michigan, DiCicco joined the IUP faculty in 1956 and served as director of the IUP Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Mellowmen, and Concert Band until his retirement.

Since the renovation of Cogswell Hall in 2006, DiCicco Hall has been one of the most important rooms in the building. Large ensembles such as the IUP Symphony Orchestra, IUP Marching Band, and all three concert bands rehearse in the space. Because of its resonant acoustics, DiCicco Hall has also been used increasingly for concerts and recitals.

]]>Beeken Conducts Blair County Senior High Honors Choirhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=184609&blogid=4329
Ryan Beeken, IUP director of Choral Studies, led 125 students from
central Pennsylvania through two days of rehearsals and a performance.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-11-26T18:02:41ZRyan Beeken, IUP director of Choral Studies, led 125 students from central Pennsylvania through two days of rehearsals and a performance.

The festival was hosted by Northern Bedford High School and included students from both Blair and Bedford counties.

]]>IUP Music Students Win State Music Teachers National Association Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=184547&blogid=4329
Several IUP music students performed at the 2014 MTNA State Preliminary Competition on
November 23. The winners will compete at the MTNA Eastern Division
Competition on January 10–11, 2015, in Washington, D.C.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-11-25T18:56:38ZSeveral IUP music students performed at the 2014 Music Teachers National Association State Preliminary Competition at Penn State University on November 23, 2014. The winners will compete at the MTNA Eastern Division Competition on January 10–11, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Senior BS Music Education saxophone major Richard Firestone won the Young Artist Solo division. Rick studies saxophone with Keith Young. A flute student of Therese Wacker, junior BFA Music Performance/BS Music Education major Brenden Goff won second place/alternate. The Ehos Saxophone Quartet, an IUP student ensemble, won the Chamber division, and the IUP Semi-Sophomore Brass Quintet won second place/alternate. The Ehos Saxophone Quartet is coached by Keith Young, and the Semi-Sophomore Brass Quintet is coached by Heidi Lucas.

]]>Firestone Wins Johnstown Symphony Young Artist Competitionhttps://www.iup.edu/templates/news-item.aspx?id=184227&blogid=4329
Saxophonist Richard Firestone, senior music education major, recently
won the Johnstown Symphony Young Artist Competition.]]>Mr. Gregory M. Hill2014-11-20T15:13:26ZSaxophonist Richard Firestone, senior music education major, recently won the Johnstown Symphony Young Artist Competition. As the winner, he will perform Jacques Ibert’s “Concertino da Camera for Saxophone and Orchestra” with the JSO on April 11, 2014, at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center in Johnstown.

Richard will graduate from IUP in May 2015. He is currently applying for graduate saxophone performance studies at several major universities.

At IUP, he performs as principal saxophonist with the IUP Wind Ensemble, as well as lead alto saxophonist with the IUP Jazz Ensemble. He has spent the past two summers performing with the Ohio Light Opera Orchestra and as a musician in Hershey Park.